Custom Global Variables

[Boeman]

One of my external scripts referenced in PHPInclude requires the use of a global variable called $count_border to which it adds a count each time the script is called (it could be several times on a single page). I've tried inserting it into phpinclude, putting "global" before the variable and even adding it to the index.php file but to no affect. Is there a straightforward to do this with VB?

Thanks.