This question is regarding wordpress.
I have two variables $random_n and $adcount declared in each of index.php , archieve.php, search.php and single.php files at the very first line.
The variables are declared as follows:
<?php $random_n = randomNumber();?>
<?php $adcount = 1; ?>
randomNumber() is a function inside function.php.
If I move those variables to header.php and remove them from all these files, it stops working. :/ The variables can’t be found in index.php, archieve.php, search.php, single.php if they are placed in header.php
I’ve also tried putting this code inside a new file and including that file to index.php, archieve.php, search.php, and single.php, but it hadn’t helped as well.
If the variable is somehow related to your blog configuration, you should use the wordpress option API to build this (see here , search for option).
If your variable is random (your function name hints that) a way to work around this would be using session variables to store those values.
A good tutorial on how to use session variables in wordpress can be found here:
http://www.myguysolutions.com/2010/04/14/how-to-enable-the-use-of-sessions-on-your-wordpress-blog/
Type in
var_dump($random_n)into the beginning ofindex.phpand post the output, please.One possible reason is that your
index,searchand so on are included inside the function that does not share the scope withheader.php, so your vars are just outside of the scope. It might help if you declare themglobalboth inheader.phpand your working files. But that’s not a good idea.Better solution would be to introduce some
Registryobject (Registry pattern) and use it.