Echo variables from another file in php

Question

I have a PHP file containing some variables and need to echo them multiple times in another file.

file1:

<?php
//some calculating going on
$var1 = 5;
$var2 = 2;
?>

file2:

<?php 
echo $var1;
echo $var2;
?>

<?php 
echo $var1;
echo $var2;
?>

How could this be achieved?

Include file1 into file2 to by using: include "file1.php"; just below php — Adam Hull, Dec 12 '16 at 20:37
Possible duplicate of [Passing a variable from one php include file to another: global vs. not](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4675932/passing-a-variable-from-one-php-include-file-to-another-global-vs-not) — wscourge, Dec 12 '16 at 20:50

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 12 '16 at 20:53

0

Your file2.php should include("file1.php"), like:

file2.php

<?php 
include("file1.php");
echo $var1;
echo $var2;
?>

Assuming they're both in the same directory.

edited Dec 12 '16 at 20:53

AbraCadaver

answered Dec 12 '16 at 20:47

wscourge

probably worth mentioning `require()` as well – Dec 12 '16 at 20:54
I have updated the question. Including the file in every would case the calculations in file1 to be calculated multiple times, thus falsify the outcome. – Gabriel Winkler Dec 12 '16 at 21:02
Just `include()` it right after your first ` – wscourge Dec 12 '16 at 21:04

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