Slim PHP

/*

Any idea how i can access my previously declared variables from inside an included file in a route ?

If i "include()" a file where i set some variables, that i need inside the routed files... variables seems to not be declared.

The idea is i have an old app coded, that i can't modify, and i am using Slim framework to develop an Admin area for it. Everything works fine but that, and i can't touch the old code... ideas ?

Thanks in advance

*/

/* SAMPLE CODE: */

<?
// BASE
    require 'Slim/Slim.php';
    include("../_config.php"); // Old bloated software with variables declared, for example $VARIABLE=1;
    $app = new Slim(Array(
        'templates.path' => "./t"
    ));
    $log = $app->getLog();

// SECTION
    $app->map('/section(/:action)', function ($action = false) use ($app) {
        if ($action) {
            include("mods/section.php"); // Cant access $VARIABLE from section.php, only with a "global $VARIABLE"
        }
        else { do404(); }
    })->via('GET', 'POST');