Question

I am trying to pass a variable to a vendor file like so:

    echo '>'.$foo;
    App::import('Vendor', 'foo'.DS.'bar');

Inside my vendor file I also have echo '>'.$foo;

The first time before I load the vendor file it echos $foo just fine. The second time inside the vendor file it tells me $foo is not defined.

How can I pass the variable to the vendor file?

Answer 1

Wouldn’t you expect this behaviour?

This is because your $foo variable is not defined inside the App::import() method, which calls the PHP include statement.

$defined = 'fooBar'; // define
foo(); // call foo()

function foo()
{
  echo $defined; // undefined
  bar();
}

function bar()
{
  echo $defined; // undefined
}

How about just using include directly? Or creating a class in the file you’re including and instantiating it?