Var will not show up in globals!!??

[www.douglassdavis.com]

For example, if I put this code in a file called globaltest.php:

$new_var="This is a string";

class TestClass
{

function __construct()
{
global $new_var;
echo "<br>new var: ".$new_var;
}

function testFunc()
{
global $new_var;
echo "<br>new var in testFunc(): ".$new_var;
echo "<br>from globals ".$GLOBALS['new_var'];
}
}

$testo=new TestClass();
$testo->testFunc();

It displays

new var: This is a string
new var in testFunc(): This is a string
from globals This is a string

as it should.

However, when I put it in another file that is an included php file, it
doesn't even register new_var as a global, and I get this printed out:

new var:
new var in testFunc():
from globals

I don't understand. What could possibly be making this happen? Right
now I am looking for any possibilities, because to me, it doesn't seem
to make sense.

I am using 5.0.4, but, the same happens in 5.0.5

[Carl]

Re: Var will not show up in globals!!??

www.douglassdavis.com wrote:[color=blue]
> For example, if I put this code in a file called globaltest.php:
>
> $new_var="This is a string";
>
> class TestClass
> {
>
> function __construct()
> {
> global $new_var;
> echo "<br>new var: ".$new_var;
> }
>
> function testFunc()
> {
> global $new_var;
> echo "<br>new var in testFunc(): ".$new_var;
> echo "<br>from globals ".$GLOBALS['new_var'];
> }
> }
>
> $testo=new TestClass();
> $testo->testFunc();
>
> It displays
>
> new var: This is a string
> new var in testFunc(): This is a string
> from globals This is a string
>
> as it should.
>
> However, when I put it in another file that is an included php file, it
> doesn't even register new_var as a global, and I get this printed out:
>
> new var:
> new var in testFunc():
> from globals
>
> I don't understand. What could possibly be making this happen? Right
> now I am looking for any possibilities, because to me, it doesn't seem
> to make sense.[/color]

Are you including the include file in the global scope, outside of any
classes/methods?
Are you defining the variable you are attempting to access in the global
scope as well?
Post the code that doesn't work, not the one that does.

Carl.
[color=blue]
>
> I am using 5.0.4, but, the same happens in 5.0.5
>[/color]

[www.douglassdavis.com]

Re: Var will not show up in globals!!??


Carl wrote:
[color=blue]
> Are you including the include file in the global scope, outside of any
> classes/methods?
> Are you defining the variable you are attempting to access in the global
> scope as well?
> Post the code that doesn't work, not the one that does.
>
> Carl.[/color]

that's the code that doesn't work. It doesn't work when included, does
work when it is in a standalone file.

But thanks for the help... I thought i had included it from the global
scope, but, turns out i had included it from another scope previously
some where else in the code.