How to use $GLOBALS

If I am understanding the documentation correctly, when you place info
into $GLOBALS, it is avaialable anywhere, including on another page.
Is this correct?

The reason I ask is that I am putting the value of a variable into
$GLOBALS, and I can get its value then and there, but when I go to
another page, the value that I put into $GLOBALS no longer seems to be
in existence.

On 13-Jul-2003, reynoldscraigr@hotmail.com wrote:

> If I am understanding the documentation correctly, when you place info
> into $GLOBALS, it is avaialable anywhere, including on another page.
> Is this correct?

no it's only available on the page in which it was set.

>
> The reason I ask is that I am putting the value of a variable into
> $GLOBALS, and I can get its value then and there, but when I go to
> another page, the value that I put into $GLOBALS no longer seems to be
> in existence.

saving variables between pages is often done with sessions:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php


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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:56:21 +0800, reynoldscraigr@hotmail.com wrote:

>If I am understanding the documentation correctly, when you place info
>into $GLOBALS, it is avaialable anywhere, including on another page.
>Is this correct?

No.

>The reason I ask is that I am putting the value of a variable into
>$GLOBALS, and I can get its value then and there, but when I go to
>another page, the value that I put into $GLOBALS no longer seems to be
>in existence.

Sounds like you're thinking of sessions.

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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:56:21 +0800, reynoldscraigr@hotmail.com wrote:

>If I am understanding the documentation correctly, when you place info
>into $GLOBALS, it is avaialable anywhere, including on another page.
>Is this correct?
>
>The reason I ask is that I am putting the value of a variable into
>$GLOBALS, and I can get its value then and there, but when I go to
>another page, the value that I put into $GLOBALS no longer seems to be
>in existence.

OK, thanks everyone for putting me on the right track.