[PHP-WIN] passing variable in include

[Sandeep Murphy]

hi all,

I have a variable in a file called xmlparse.php called $data. $data stores
in it an output returned by another php script..

I need to pass this variable $data now into yet another php file say new.php
..

xmlparse.php

$data = "blah blah";

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new.php

include('xmlparse.php')

$sign = "$data";

echo "$sign";

But my echo "$sign";  is NOT printing anything.. Whats wrong here??

TIA,
sands