function setblogvalues($blog) { global $blogtitle, $blogname, $blogloginboxtitle, $blogfooter; if ($blog == "") { print "fuxarolfuxarol"; $blogtitle = "It's Blog Town, Everyone"; $blogname = "Blog Town"; $blogloginboxtitle = "Hurry. Log in"; $blogfooter = "(c) Eric Burton 2007"; } else { # SQL SHIT GOES HERE BOI } } ### end index.php clip -- what follows is from included file HEADER.php <?=$GLOBALS['blogtitle']?> ### when I include() this file I see even though i call setblogvalues("") ... is there a problem with my string comparison? it doesn't work with if (!$blog) either. very scared and confused