THANKS TO ERIK PRICE !
You ablility to explain php concepts in simple langauge is exactly why I
signed up for this list!
I will be deeply greatful for any other tutorials like this one on
passing imputs.
THANKS AGAIN,
Jim Long
>Erik Price wrote:
> John,
>
> It seems that you're using two different conventions here. This is
> inconsistent, and confusing to me (at least, and possibly others trying
> to help you). Let me show you what I am talking about:
> Please don't be insulted if I make an assumption about what you know
> about the use of variables within scripts, I'm going to do my best to
> explain this and I can't know how much you know or don't. Here's how it
> works:
> On a script, you have access to any variable that you create within that
> script. Thus, if you create a variable named "$inp", you can then echo
> that variable or manipulate it in any way. Like this:
>
> $inp = "blue"; // this assigns the string "blue" to the $inp variable
> echo $inp; // this echoes "blue"
> $outp = "green"; // this assigns "green" (a string) to the $outp
> variable
> $outp . $inp; // this combines ("concatenates") the two variables
> together
> // and results in the string "greenblue"
>
> Okay, you probably already know all of that. But my point is that these
> variables are accessible to this particular script. NOT TO OTHER
> SCRIPTS. If you need a variable to be accessible to another script, you
> must "pass" the variable along. There are a few ways to do this:
>
> etc..etc..etc..
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