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Re: PHP Global Variable Usage - Possible?

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MikeCopeland <mrc2323@cox.net> writes:

>    Almost new to PHP, and I'm wondering if PHP will do something I want 
> to do.  Scenario:
>   1. 3 Web pages: index.php; text01.php; and people.php
>   2. In index.php I want to establish a default value in a global 
> variable, and I want to access that variable's value in test01.php
>   3. In text01.php I have numerous divs and paragraphs of text.  I want 
> to use the global value to establish a default text color and div 
> background.  I also have anchor links in the code to allow other pages 
> to link to specific areas of the text data in text01.php
>   4. In people.php I have some hrefs that link in text01.php.  When 
> someone clicks on those links in people.php, not only do I want 
> text01.php rendered, but I want to be able to change the global 
> variable's value so that the logic in text01.php can change 
> characteristics of that div code in text01.php.
>    (Note that I have the fundamentals of the Web site working - as .html 
> pages - and I haven't yet invested in converting to using php sources.  
> (I did some php Web development several years ago, but I've discarded 
> that system and forgotten all of what I did: I'm starting over, and I 
> never did anything like this current project...)
>    Is such processing at all possible?  If so, please direct me to some 
> examples of "how to" that I may start from.  TIA
>
>
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Variables only persist for the duration of script/program execution.

You may want to look into using cookies or sessions (or you could have
some persistence via the query string).

-- 
Matthew Carter (m@ahungry.com)
http://ahungry.com

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PHP Global Variable Usage - Possible? MikeCopeland <mrc2323@cox.net> - 2015-07-26 18:20 -0700
  Re: PHP Global Variable Usage - Possible? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-07-26 21:41 -0400
    Re: PHP Global Variable Usage - Possible? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-07-26 21:51 -0400
  Re: PHP Global Variable Usage - Possible? Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2015-07-26 21:42 -0400
    Re: PHP Global Variable Usage - Possible? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 23:00 +0000
      Re: PHP Global Variable Usage - Possible? Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2015-07-27 20:59 -0400

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