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]

www.douglassdavis.com wrote:

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.
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.

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

[www.douglassdavis.com]

Carl wrote:

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.

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.