How to pass an array from one file to another using include using PHP language? I have one file with some language array(language/langen.php): global $lang; $lang['Here'] = 'Here'; $lang['Date'] = "Date"; In other file I have: include base_url().'language/lang'.$_COOKIE['lang'].'.php'; var_dump($lang); *(My mistake by coping code - true is var_dump($lang))* But it shows me an error: A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Notice Message: Undefined variable: lang How to solve this problem and what did I do wrong?