I'm new to php. My understanding of php scoping in v5 is that within a file there are only two scopes, main and in function. Why doesn't this work? ------- $err = "original value"; $page = "<html><font color=\"red\"> {$err} </font>Some more HTML</html>"; if(something) { $err = "this error"; // $err retains original value instead of becoming "this error" print $page; } else(something else) { $err = "that error"; // $err retains original value instead of becoming "that error" print $page; } -------- Thanks much!