[SOLVED] passing variables with an include()?

[ballhogjoni]

Is it possible to pass a variable by include()ing it?

 

I want to pass one value with a variable to one page to another with out a link or a form.

 

my code on the include()

<?php
//TRUE means people can see the site, FALSE means the site is under construction
$site_on = 'FALSE';
?>

 

page includeing the include

 

<?php
include('http://nnnnnnnnnnn.com/site_on.php');
if ($site_on == 'FALSE') {
echo 'the site is down for maintenance...Please check back later.';
} else {
?>

 

This code does not work currently.

[akitchin]

that should, in theory, work.  try var_dump()ing the $site_on variable after including the file and see what it spits out.

[trq]

You should also be using booleens. eg;

 

<?php
//TRUE means people can see the site, FALSE means the site is under construction
$site_on = FALSE;
?>

 

and...

 

<?php
include('http://nnnnnnnnnnn.com/site_on.php');
if (!$site_on) {
echo 'the site is down for maintenance...Please check back later.';
} else {
?>

[ballhogjoni]

that should, in theory, work.  try var_dump()ing the $site_on variable after including the file and see what it spits out.

 

When I var_dump() it spits out NULL.

[akitchin]

could be because you're including it using the URL rather than the filesystem.  also try var_dump()ing the $site_on variable from within the included file and see if that at least spits out the right info.  keep in mind you have to run var_dump() AFTER you've assigned it.

[ballhogjoni]

I tried the filesystem path, no luck. Also I var_dump()ed in the include and it worked. Came up with bool(false), but I still get NULL on the other page.

[akitchin]

well, you could always try define()ing a variable and see if that works.  i don't think scope is an issue, but who knows in this case:

 

<?php
define('SITE_ON', FALSE);
?>

<?php
include('site_on.php');
var_dump(SITE_ON);
if(SITE_ON === FALSE)
{
  exit('site down for construction, please eff off for now.');
}
?>

[ballhogjoni]

NVM I had the filepath wrong. It works now...thanks for your help.