hi eric, as far as i can see, there is no definition for your '$subnav' in your 'incHeader.php'.
if you call your main script like this: 'http://example.com/index.php?subnav="home"', this should work with your inclusion. ciao SVEN Eric Fleming wrote: > Here is a snippet from the header file. You can see that I am just > trying to determine what the value of the subnav variable is set to > in order to determine which navigational link is bold. There are > other places the variable is used, but you can get an idea based on > what is below. Thanks for any help. > > <-----incHeader.php------> > > <html> > <head> > <title>[Site Name]</title> > </head> > <body> > <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="left"> > <tr> > <td> > <? if($subnav == "home"){ ?><b><? }?><a > href="index.php">home</a><? if($subnav == "home"){ ?><b><? }?> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > > <-----incHeader.php------> > > > "Jennifer Goodie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Without seeing what you have in your includes, it will be hard to >> determine where your scope is messed up. >> >>> <?php >>> $subnav = "home"; >>> include("incHeader.php"); >>>> >>> >>> <!--- CONTENT AREA ---> >>> >>> The content would go here. >>> >>> <!--- END CONTENT AREA ---> >>> >>> <?php include ("incFooter.php"); ?> >>> >>> Now, when I try to reference the subnav variable in the >>> inHeader.php or incFooter.php files, it comes up blank. I am >>> basically trying to adjust the >>> navigation on each page depending on the page I am on. I am just >>> learning PHP, have programmed in ColdFusion for years and in >>> ColdFusion >>> this was not >>> a problem. Any ideas? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php