PHP static value from MySQL

[mikey v]

I need to read a value from a MySQL table and not have it updated the next time the code is run...

I don't need to know how to access the tables, just how to isolate the value I have read - will compare it with future values in the same table.

Any ideas

[BlazingWolf]

Cookies? Except cookies will only work for each idividual computer, but if you want to go the easy long way you can just create another table and store the value you there.