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What I am trying to do is to have an include file with generalized language in a string that will be used across multiple pages, but I also need to pass a variable to the string from the current page.

Here is an example:

Here is a snippet of the index.php page:

<?PHP
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/lib/prefix.php');

echo $GENERAL_STRINGS['user_not_found'];
?>

Here is the include page:

<?PHP
$GENERAL_STRINGS['user_not_found'] = 'User account not found<br /><a href="/register/?email='.$email.'">Register Today for FREE</a>';
?>

The $email variable is always empty when the link is referenced, I assume this is because it is looking for the $email variable from the include page instead of the index page. Is there a way around this?

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Use printf() or sprintf():

<?php
$GENERAL_STRINGS['user_not_found'] = 'User account not found<br /><a href="/register/?email=%s">Register Today for FREE</a>';
?>

Use it in this way:

<?php
printf($GENERAL_STRINGS['user_not_found'], urlencode($email));
?>
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I think you mean urlencode since the $email variable is going into a url.? But otherwise, +1
Changed it. @Alexander, it is. $email is not defined in the language file, but in index.
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I have tested it. All good. May be, you forgot assigning of $email.

<?PHP
$email = '[email protected]';
$GENERAL_STRINGS['user_not_found'] = 'User account not found<br /><a href="/register/?email='.$email.'">Register Today for FREE</a>';
?>
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You're mixing things up. There is a separate language file which should not refer to variables in index. The language file is included before assigning values in index.
Lol. $email not in index. 4email in inclufing file.
It's reffering to $email in the included file, but it shouldn't do that.

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