require_once to global scope within a function

Question

It seems that if require_once is called within function, the included file doesn\'t extend the global variable scope. How to require_once a

Answer 1

To summarize all the information:

1. functions are not an issue, they will be global anyway this way

2. for global variables, there are 2 options:

   • declare them as global in the included file
   • declare them as global in that function (projects_init() in my case)