I won't send the whole value of $footertext, it's too long. Yes, it contains the contents of the footer file. I have tried displaying it before the function and it works fine.
Martin Towell wrote: >what's that value of $footertext? > is it the actual contents of the footer file? >have you tried displaying the contents of $footertext just before you call >checkmember()? > does it contain what you're expecting? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Leif K-Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 3:23 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [PHP] Variable won't work in function, even when I global it? > > > On my website, I open my header (and footer) file with fileopen and >then eval() it. I know I should include them, but I knew nothing about >php when I did this. Anyway, I'm working on "groups" for my website. > They will be a kind of club. At the top of every group page, I include >a group function file. Among those functions is one that checks if the >user trying to go to the group is a member of it. If not, it gives them >an error message and exits. It is also supposed to eval() the footer >before exiting. My code is as follows: > > function checkmember(){ > global $groupid; > global $userinfo; > global $footertext; > if($groupid != $userinfo['groupid']){ > print "<b>Error:</b> you're not a member of this group."; > eval($footertext); > exit; > } > return; > } > > >The thing is, it doesn't seem to eval() the footer. I've even tried >getting $footertext out of the $GLOBALS array. I have also tried >printing $footertext to make sure it wasn't a problem with evel(). > Nothing has worked. When I did isset() on $GLOBALS['footertext'], it >worked however. Thanks to anybody who can help. > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
