Title: functions.php variable not available in header.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# functions.php variable not available in header.php

 *  [nabtron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nabtron/)
 * (@nabtron)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-variable-not-available-in-headerphp/)
 * Hello,
 * i am working on a theme and adding options page to the theme
 * its working fine except for one thing, the variables when called from the main
   theme page work fine, like template-contact.php but when called inside the header.
   php they don’t work.
 * Any idea why?

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 * [header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)

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