Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic How do I call upon variables set in a php function? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Mediocre Posted at 3:42 pm on Aug. 21, 2008 edit: I needed to give it a global scope. /idiot I intialize $valcookies as false. However, I then use my checkcookies() function, which, after checking, does: $valcookies = true; I tried to call $valcookies in another function after this had happened, and $valcookies was still false.

Replies mcox05 Posted at 11:28 pm on Aug. 22, 2008 Two big things to remember. <br> 1. PHP and other web based languages are stateless. So if you are setting a variable to false or true then reloading and/or changing pages then the variable's value will be reset. <p> 2. Are you sure that you are correctly using the scope of the variable. <p> EX 1: <br> public class X <br> { <br> //A field who's state will be retained (unless pages are reloaded or changed) <br> $cookVal; <p> public X() <br> { <br> $cookVal = true; <br> } <p> public checkVal() <br> { <br> return ($cookVal); <br> } <br> } <p> Calling checkVal() would return true. <p> EX 2:public class X <br> { <br> public X() <br> { <br> //local variable that will be garbage collected after method call is finished. <br> $cookVal = true; <br> } <p> public checkVal() <br> { <br> return ($cookVal); <br> } <p> } <p> Calling checkVal() would return false. <p> <br> Forgive me if my PHP syntax is off. I haven't coded in it for a while but hopefully these two examples will clarify your problem. If you post your source code I can give you a more direct answer. allsmiles Posted at 5:12 pm on Aug. 21, 2008 Can you show the source please? Sounds like you're checking if it's set as opposed to its value. qi Posted at 3:47 pm on Aug. 21, 2008 Do a barrel roll! hI jAMES Posted at 3:43 pm on Aug. 21, 2008 lol.. thanks for that. All 4 previous replies displayed.