Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/22/06 17:00

Barkster wrote:
> I have a page that has two functions on it, on load I check for posted
> value if exists I set some variables that I want to use in the
> functions but don't want to pass back and forth. Do I need to be using
> global variables in order to use this variable in each function? Are
> global variables only available to the page they are called correct?
> Never used them before but I'm not getting the values if I just set a
> $var at the top of the page. Thanks
>

Global variables are like any other variables - only available in that page.

Rather than define them as global, however, you should pass them as parameters
to the functions where they are required.

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