Auto-creation of threads?

[Rendog]

Hey guys, I'm having a very fundamental issue getting this to work.

As soon as I do the require global.php line, my varibles don't work... by that i mean the php page below prints only Test:

$FORUM_ID is blank even though its decalred...

if i remove the require global.php line its fine.... what gives?

PHP Code:

<?php

    $FORUM_ID = 60;

     chdir('/www/data/website/forums');

    // Load vB-Backend
    require_once ('./global.php');
    // require_once ('./includes/functions_newpost.php')


?>

Test: <?php echo $FORUM_ID?>

forum_id ends up blank... if i comment out the global.php, it prints properly... any ideas?