function read_help()
{
	/* retrieve GLOBALS_HELP file and set data to contents */
	$data = file_get_contents($GLOBALS['INCLUDE'].'GLOBALS_HELP');
	
	/* $len is number of characters of $data */
	$len = strlen($data);
	
	/* set $p to 0 as a starting position  */
	$p = 0;
	
	/* while $p (position) has a real value  */
	while (($p = strpos($data, "\n", $p)) !== FALSE) {
		
		/* if $p (position) +1 is greater than or equal
                      to $len, break from loop  */
		if (++$p >= $len) {
			break;
		}
		
		/* ?????????????  */
		if ($data[$p] < 'A' || $data[$p] > 'Z') {
			continue;
		}
		
		/* $ke is position of the next new line  */
		$ke = strpos($data, "\n", $p);
		
		/* $key is the string (var_name) from position
                     $ke to $p  */
		$key = substr($data, $p, ($ke - $p));
		
		/* $ke + 1  */
		++$ke;
		
		/* $e is position of end of GLOBALS variable 
                      definition signified by a period and 
                      double new line  */
		$e = strpos($data, ".\n\n", $ke);
		
		/* definine array $key's value by using 
                      information between end of GLOBALS 
                      var_name value and end of GLOBALS 
                      var_name */
		$help_ar[$key] = nl2br(htmlspecialchars(substr($data, $ke, ($e - $ke))));
		
		/* ?????????????  */
		$p = $e + 2;
		
		/* if $p (position) is greater than or equal to
                     $len, break from loop  */
		if ($p >= $len) {
			break;
		}
	}
	
	/* add to $help_ar  */
	return (isset($help_ar) ? $help_ar : NULL);
}