persist a variable set in header.php all the way down to footer.php

You’d have to declare it first above those includes and globalize it within header or footer before getting or setting the value.

however- in the specific context you’re speaking of- getting a custom field value, it’s only retrieved from the database on the first call, then cached, so subsequent calls won’t hit the database again.

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