php variable not going with include()

Question

i'm trying to pass variables from userInfo.php to flips.php but for some reason the variables don't go through. When i do echo "hello"; in the userInfo.php then i do see 'hello' in the website but when i do:

if (isset($variable)) {
 echo "it is set!";
} else {
 echo "nope!";
}

Then it returns 'nope!' even though i have set $variable in userInfo.php.

userInfo.php:

<?php
$variable = "hello everyone!";
echo "hello!";

flips.php:

<?php
include ('userInfo.php');

if (isset($variable)) {
 echo "it is set!";
} else {
 echo "nope!";
}

Website output: hello!nope!

what am i doing wrong so flips.php doesn't see $variable?

Edit (the real code from my website):

flips.php:

include ('../csgodonut/application/views/steamauth/userInfo.php');
if (isset($steamprofile["personaname"])) {
  echo "yes!";
} else {
  echo "nope..";
}

userInfo.php:

$steamprofile['personaname'] = "Smokey";
echo "test";

Website: www.csgodonut.com (you have to login to steam in order to see the hello! nope..) flips.php location: csgodonut/application/views/gebruiker/home/flips.php userInfo.php location: csgodonut/application/views/steamauth/userInfo.php

impossible based on what you have provided, make sure to show your full code — user8011997
– user8011997, Commented Jan 14, 2018 at 22:01
this iseverything, only the $variable is called $steamprofile in my code, other then that it is exactly the same — Smokey
– Smokey, Commented Jan 14, 2018 at 22:03
Have you explicitly set the include path anywhere? You ought to check the include path using get_include_path() &/or set with set_include_path() - maybe also check in flips.php what files have been included with var_dump(get_included_files()); ~ or try with require to see any errors it may throw — Professor Abronsius
– Professor Abronsius, Commented Jan 14, 2018 at 22:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-15 00:06:54Z

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File system

<path-to-views-dir>/steamauth/userInfo.php
<path-to-views-dir>/gebruiker/home/flips.php
<path-to-views-dir>/gebruiker/home/home.php

userInfo.php

<?php

$variable = "Hello everyone, I am the coolest variable!";

echo 'Hello from userInfo.php!<br/>';

flips.php

<?php

include __DIR__ . '/../../steamauth/userInfo.php';

if (isset($variable)) {
    echo 'Helo from flips.php. The variable is set.<br/>';
} else {
    echo 'Helo from flips.php. The variable is NOT set.<br/>';
}

home.php

<?php

include __DIR__ . '/flips.php';

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

if (isset($variable)) {
    echo 'Hello from home.php. The variable is set.<br/>';
} else {
    echo 'Hello from home.php. The variable is NOT set.<br/>';
}

...or home.php (fetching flips.php content through ajax)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=yes" />
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <!-- The above 3 meta tags must come first in the head -->

        <title>Demo</title>
        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function () {
                $('#testButton').click(function (event) {
                    alert('testButton clicked!');

                    $.ajax({
                        method: 'post',
                        dataType: 'html',
                        url: 'flips.php',
                        data: {},
                        success: function (response, textStatus, jqXHR) {
                            $('#results').html(response);
                        },
                        error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                            $('#results').html(textStatus + '<br />' + errorThrown);
                        },
                        cmplete: function (jqXHR, textStatus) {
                            //...
                        }
                    });

                });
            });
        </script>

        <style type="text/css">
            body {
                padding: 30px;
            }

            button {
                padding: 5px 10px;
                background-color: #8daf15;
                color: #fff;
                border: none;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>

        <button type="button" id="testButton" name="testButton">
            Fetch some data
        </button>

        <br/><br/>

        <div id="results">
            Here comes the response data from the ajax request...
        </div>

    </body>
</html>

To do

In browser, access the home.php page.

edited Jan 15, 2018 at 0:06

answered Jan 14, 2018 at 23:15

user7941334

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user7941334 Over a year ago

@Smokey Well, there is something which doesn't fit... It would be very helpful if you would give us the whole codes. Otherwise I don't think that someone of us could help you. I might be wrong though :-)

Smokey Over a year ago

I just got it by changing the url from the $.get to a function in my controller, and then loading flips.php with $data (in which are all the variables from userInfo.php), thanks for all your help anyway!

user7941334 Over a year ago

@Smokey You are welcome. Good to know that it's working now.

Smokey · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-15 10:07:55Z

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I just got it to work by changing the url of the $.get to a function in my controller. Then in that function i loaded the flips.php and send $data (an array with all variables from userInfo.php) with it.

answered Jan 15, 2018 at 10:07

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