Quick question about calling variables

[amg182]

Apologies for such a silly question.... Been away from php for a long time...

 

How can i call a variable from a position above where the variable is set? I need a variable to echo out near the top of my page but its defined near the bottom of my script.

 

As you can see i am tryin to echo the amount of rows found from the query below.

 

<?php

echo $num_rows;



$query = "SELECT  Name,  FROM table";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){

$num_rows = mysql_num_rows( $result );
}
?>

 

Thanks in advance

[requinix]

You can't.

[xyph]

User defined functions and classes are parsed first, therefor they are available to use any any line regardless of where they are defined.

 

This is not true when the function must be included from another file, and you try to call the function before you include the file.

 

Variable definitions and function calls are execute top to bottom, always.

[amg182]

Oh I see, thanks. I will just have to move around my queries to sort my variables from top to bottom...

 

Cheers guys. Appreciate it