Comments on: Abhijit Nadgouda’s List of WordPress Global Variables

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:41:45 +0000

I recommend you define it as a constant such as: define('TEST', 2); The code should be inserted into the header as php:

By: Vaseem Ansari

Vaseem Ansari — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:14:54 +0000

i want to declare a variable in any file of wordpress and then i want to use its value on any page of wordpres, let me explain you what i want to do and what i did

step 1. i declared a variable in functions.php file like this
global $test;
$test = ’2′;

step 2. Now i wrote this in header.php file
echo $test ; die;

But the value in variable is not showing in header, actually i want the value to be shown in footer,

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By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:51:11 +0000

BEAUTIFUL!
You can’t imagine how many times I’ve wanted to know these variables in order to output custom pieces of information in my WordPress themes.
Abhijit: Thank you! thank you! thank you!

By: Abhijit Nadgouda

Abhijit Nadgouda — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:17:06 +0000

Thanks for highlighting it Lorelle. The reason I set out to document the global variables was because I got confused while working on some projects. Though global variables are very convenient to work with, change in them can impact the entire application, and hence this effort so that users can knowingly use the them.