variable in include

[Bob Bedford]

HI all,
Weird problem....

in the file queries.inc.php I've this:
$query = 'select * from list where content = '.$idcontent;

I've this code in my page:
$idcontent = 15;
require_once("q ueries.inc.php" );

The query fails: when I do echo the query I've:

select * from list where content =

The $idcontent isn't set in the include...why ? how to fix it ?

[shimmyshack]

Re: variable in include

On May 10, 4:33 pm, "Bob Bedford" <b...@bedford.c omwrote:

HI all,
Weird problem....
>
in the file queries.inc.php I've this:
$query = 'select * from list where content = '.$idcontent;
>
I've this code in my page:
$idcontent = 15;
require_once("q ueries.inc.php" );
>
The query fails: when I do echo the query I've:
>
select * from list where content =
>
The $idcontent isn't set in the include...why ? how to fix it ?

actually use an include_once (rather than require)

[Ciaran]

Re: variable in include

On May 10, 4:33 pm, "Bob Bedford" <b...@bedford.c omwrote:

HI all,
Weird problem....
>
in the file queries.inc.php I've this:
$query = 'select * from list where content = '.$idcontent;
>
I've this code in my page:
$idcontent = 15;
require_once("q ueries.inc.php" );
>
The query fails: when I do echo the query I've:
>
select * from list where content =
>
The $idcontent isn't set in the include...why ? how to fix it ?

Sounds like the var $idcontent is actually null rather than it being
an include problem. Try echoing that var on the include page and
running it on its own

Ciarán

[Ciaran]

Re: variable in include

Sounds like the var $idcontent is actually null rather than it being
an include problem. Try echoing that var on the include page and
running it on its own
>
Ciarán

Sorry- my mistake I didnt notice you've defined the var in the page
itself. I do this exact thing on a bunch of pages and it works fine. I
use a require_once just like you too. Are you running an old version
of PHP or something maybe?

sorry i know I'm not being much help but it all looks good to me!

[Bob Bedford]

Re: variable in include

Sorry- my mistake I didnt notice you've defined the var in the page
itself. I do this exact thing on a bunch of pages and it works fine. I
use a require_once just like you too. Are you running an old version
of PHP or something maybe?

Thanks for your reply. I use PHP 4.4.1

[Bob Bedford]

Re: variable in include


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Bob Bedford said:

>HI all,
>Weird problem....
>>
>in the file queries.inc.php I've this:
>$query = 'select * from list where content = '.$idcontent;
>>
>I've this code in my page:
>$idcontent = 15;
>require_once(" queries.inc.php ");
>>
>The query fails: when I do echo the query I've:
>>
>select * from list where content =
>>
>The $idcontent isn't set in the include...why ? how to fix it ?
>>

Is your $query = .. line inside of function in teh queries.inc.php ?
If so $idcontent is out of scope.

NO it's not....
I've also tried to define the idcontent var as global again in the
queries.inc.php but it doesn't work either.

[SterLo]

Re: variable in include

If you define a variable $x and then INCLUDE a file such as
include_once("p ath"); it should work.

So if you have:

$query = 'select * from list where content = '.$idcontent;

And

$idcontent = 15;
require_once("q ueries.inc.php" );

You need to change require to include.

so it should be

$idcontent = 15;
include_once("q ueries.inc.php" );

And you can check this by doing something like

if ( $idcontent 0 ) {

}

[ZeldorBlat]

Re: variable in include

On May 10, 2:59 pm, SterLo <sterling.hamil ...@gmail.comwr ote:

If you define a variable $x and then INCLUDE a file such as
include_once("p ath"); it should work.
>
So if you have:
>
$query = 'select * from list where content = '.$idcontent;
>
And
>
$idcontent = 15;
require_once("q ueries.inc.php" );
>
You need to change require to include.
>
so it should be
>
$idcontent = 15;
include_once("q ueries.inc.php" );
>
And you can check this by doing something like
>
if ( $idcontent 0 ) {
>
}

Not true -- require and include behave identically in every way except
for what happens when the file cannot be included for some reason.

<http://www.php.net/require>

[Rami Elomaa]

Re: variable in include

Bob Bedford kirjoitti:

HI all,
Weird problem....
>
in the file queries.inc.php I've this:
$query = 'select * from list where content = '.$idcontent;
>
I've this code in my page:
$idcontent = 15;
require_once("q ueries.inc.php" );
>
The query fails: when I do echo the query I've:
>
select * from list where content =
>
The $idcontent isn't set in the include...why ? how to fix it ?

Just as a sanity test:
<?php
$foo ='bar';
require_once('e cho.php');
?>

echo.php:
<?php echo $foo; ?>

Does the simplest possible test case like the one above work? If it
works, then the problem is not in including, but somewhere else. If it
doesn't, the latest version of php 4 is 4.4.7, you should upgrade to
that if there indeed is a problem related to passing variables to
included pages, which I highly doubt.

--
Rami.Elomaa@gma il.com

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[Roy Kaldung]

Re: variable in include

Bob Bedford wrote:

HI all,
Weird problem....
>
in the file queries.inc.php I've this:
$query = 'select * from list where content = '.$idcontent;
>
I've this code in my page:
$idcontent = 15;
require_once("q ueries.inc.php" );
>
The query fails: when I do echo the query I've:
>
select * from list where content =
>
The $idcontent isn't set in the include...why ? how to fix it ?

Hi Bob,

away from all prior given replies I strongly suggest you to review your
programming style. Use a less a possible global variables in your code.
Don't be anger with me, I just want to give you food for thought.

hth,
Roy