carry on values?

[poofacer]

Say I do this:

<?php $test=3
?>

in a file called test.php, but I want it to carry the variable $test to another page called test2.php without sending $test to MySQL and retrieving it in test2.php.

I am actually using forms and the number that is to be saved into $test is not a constant.

How can I do this?

is there a function such that retrieves a variable from a different page?

[trq]

If your using froms then send the variable via the form. On the second page retrieve the variable from the $_POST[] array.

[Jessica]

Or, start a session (session_start()) and save the variable in the session.