[PHP/XAMPP] variable include issue has me stumped

[Elledan]

Alright, I have this CMS I developed. I installed it without any issues on the production server, then I sent the client the admin panel (C++/Qt application) and the installation package for the development server. The code was as far as I can determine extracted correctly on the development webserver and the installation script was accessed without any troubles. That's where the issues start.

The client is running a XAMPP installation (tried latest and 1.7.1). When attempting to run the installation script, the configuration files containing essential variables are included normally (verified using an additional test script I had the client run, using require instead of include), the only issue is that the variables from the included script are then not available in the including script. Isset() reveals that they aren't even declared, let alone defined.

The installation script itself is a simple script, with no functions or classes, just straight-forward code running in the global namespace. It has worked fine for me on my local servers and various remote servers. This CMS has been installed on nearly a dozen individual servers by now without issues. The only thing different in this case as far as I can determine is the use of XAMPP instead of a regular Apache + PHP combo. The client lacks the necessary skills to install these herself, and I'm too short on time to install it there myself.

Any thoughts/feedback would be most welcome.

 

[maw]

I wonder if maybe your include file has a name conflict with a XAMPP file? Seems way out there, but what the heck, might be worth looking into.

 

[Uncle Humjaba]

I'm not intimately familiar with all of the configuration options of PHP, but have a look in her server's php.ini file. Sometimes options can be set with regard to variable scope that screw things up.
EDIT: something to reference: http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php

 

[Elledan]

I know it's not related to the variable scope as everything is executed in global namespace. Every server I have seen so far has got register globals disabled, including my own. There's no PHP ini option which would stop this from working, that's why it's got me so puzzled.