[Resolved] ***? Global problem...

[The Hobo]

I'm doing this sort of thing in numerous scripts, however, in ONE FILE, it's not working.

Here's a condensed version of the code:

<?php

    $CONFIG['absolute_path'] = '/home/vbshelf/public_html/reality/news/';
    //config.php simply loads some variables from a database
    //into the $CONFIG array:
    include $CONFIG['absolute_path'] . 'config.php';

    echo $CONFIG['numitems'] . '<br>'; //WORKS!

    function _news($cat = '') {
        global $CONFIG;
        
        echo $CONFIG['numitems'] . '<br>'; //DOESN'T WORK?
    }

?>

What gives?!