diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index 5e322d839acae5fcdec9d4f1d57ed7350d045e57..70e595f82f3d60a88ed7fd3ac964878c7077d94b 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
      * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
      */
     function php($text) {
+        global $conf;
+
         if($conf['phpok']){
           ob_start();
           eval($text);
@@ -325,6 +327,8 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
      * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
      */
     function html($text) {
+        global $conf;
+
         if($conf['htmlok']){
           $this->doc .= $text;
         } else {