dbconn.php: global $sql; $sql = new PDO ('mysql:host='. $dbserver .';dbname='. $dbname, $dbuser, $dbpass); myclass.php: include('dbconn.php'); $result = $sql->query('SELECT * FROM table'); error: Notice: Undefined variable: sql in myclass.php on line 39 Fatal error: Call to a member function query() on a non-object in myclass.php on line 39