Problem with global variables

[Stephane Pointu]

Hi All,

I'm turning mad with global variables...
In created a simple test script with 2 functions which worked fine but the
other one i need doesn't work. Register_globals is On.

Here are the relevant parts of my script:
//Save form data in an array
function add_ota_elements($form_data)
{
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
$otavars[ota_name] = $form_data[name];
}
function create_new_gprs_dialup()
{
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
echo $otavars[ota_name]; //To see if the form data is well saved
}

switch ($action)
{
case add_ota_elements:
add_ota_elements($form_data);
break;
case create_new_gprs_dialup:
create_new_gprs_dialup();
break;
}

$otavars[ota_name] in the second function is empty. Can anybody explain to
me why it is so. I guess it is related to the switch instruction but i
can't understand why.

Thanks in advance for you help.
Stephane

[Rainer Herbst]

Stephane Pointu schrieb:

Hi All,

I'm turning mad with global variables...
In created a simple test script with 2 functions which worked fine but the
other one i need doesn't work. Register_globals is On.

Here are the relevant parts of my script:
//Save form data in an array
function add_ota_elements($form_data)
{
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
$otavars[ota_name] = $form_data[name];
}
function create_new_gprs_dialup()
{
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
echo $otavars[ota_name]; //To see if the form data is well saved
}

switch ($action)
{
case add_ota_elements:
add_ota_elements($form_data);
break;
case create_new_gprs_dialup:
create_new_gprs_dialup();
break;
}

$otavars[ota_name] in the second function is empty. Can anybody explain to
me why it is so. I guess it is related to the switch instruction but i
can't understand why.

Thanks in advance for you help.
Stephane

The second function is called if the $action is set to
"create_new_gprs_dialup". This function does not fill the $otavars with
the values from the form as the first function do.

I assume that add_ota_elements() is not called in this case.

When $otavars should be filled in this case? Have you stored the
$otavars into a session? Don't forget that any variable is lost after
the server finished your script, if you didn't save them into a session!

HTH!
Rainer
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[Stephane Pointu]

Le Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:48:24 +0200, Rainer Herbst a écrit*:

The second function is called if the $action is set to
"create_new_gprs_dialup". This function does not fill the $otavars with
the values from the form as the first function do.

I assume that add_ota_elements() is not called in this case.

When $otavars should be filled in this case? Have you stored the
$otavars into a session? Don't forget that any variable is lost after
the server finished your script, if you didn't save them into a session!

I did not put the variable into a session. I thought that i did not have
to as i call the same script... I did not realize that there were two
transactions. Thanks for your answer.

Stephane

[hexkid]

Stephane Pointu wrote...

//Save form data in an array
function add_ota_elements($form_data)
{
### create a local scope (for this function) variable
### named otavars and set its value to the current
### value of $GLOBALS["otavars"]
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
### if it doesn't exist create the index ota_name
### (did you forget the quotes?)
### of the local otavars and set its value to
### the value of form_data[name]
### again ... did you forget the quotes?
$otavars[ota_name] = $form_data[name];
### why don't you simply do
### $GLOBALS["otavars"][ota_name] = $form_data[name];
### ?
### or with quotes
### $GLOBALS["otavars"]["ota_name"] = $form_data["name"];
}
function create_new_gprs_dialup()
{
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
echo $otavars[ota_name]; //To see if the form data is well saved
### echo $GLOBALS["otavars"][ota_name];
}

[Gary Petersen]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:29:07 -0500, Stephane Pointu created an award-winning
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English, means this:

Hi All,

Hello
I'm turning mad with global variables...
In created a simple test script with 2 functions which worked fine but the
other one i need doesn't work. Register_globals is On.

Here are the relevant parts of my script:
//Save form data in an array
function add_ota_elements($form_data)
{
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
$otavars = & $GLOBALS["otavars"];
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