[vox-tech] PHP Question: Includes and Variables

[Micah Cowan]

Richard S. Crawford wrote:

>Here's the situation.
>
>My script, page1.php, calls a script in another directory called
>config.php via require_once.  config.php declares several variables which
>should be accessible in page1.php.  For example:
>
>---------------
>http://myphpsite.net/dir1/page1.php
>
><?php
>
>require_once("http://myphpsite.net/dir2/config.php")
>
>echo "myVariable = $myVariable->daValue";
>
>?>
>---------------
>http://myphpsite.net/dir2/config.php
>
><?php
>
>$myVariable->daValue = "Hello, World";
>
>?>
>---------------
>
>So when I execute page1.php, I should get:
>
>myVariable = Hello, World
>
>But I don't.  Instead the variable is undefined.  If I put the echo
>command inside config.php, though, it displays properly.
>
>I've confirmed that all permissions and ownerships and all that are the
>same, and I can't find a configuration value in php.ini which might have
>something to do with this.  It's acting as though $myVariable is only
>defined within the scope of config.php, but I have no idea why that would
>be.  It makes no sense to me at all.
>
>Any suggestions besides taking a large sledgehammer to the server?
>  
>
Not certain it's required, but have you ensured that "allow_url_fopen" 
is enabled in php.ini?

Also, it should *not* be required, but have you tried braces?

HTH,
-Micah