Variable scope issue

[Pjotr Wedersteers]

I have a function foo () in a file called funcfoo.php called from my main
program file main.php, which has an include for that file.

Foo () contains a line:

echo $bar;

Now I have a (global) variable $bar which is set in main:

GLOBAL $bar;
$bar = 1;

When I call foo () from main it doesn't echo the value 1. (How) can I make
$bar visible to foo () without explicitly passing it as a parameter ? Is the
only way putting the entire foo function body in the same file as main ?

TIA
Pjotr

[Bent Stigsen]

Pjotr Wedersteers wrote:

I have a function foo () in a file called funcfoo.php called from my main
program file main.php, which has an include for that file.

Foo () contains a line:

echo $bar;

Now I have a (global) variable $bar which is set in main:

GLOBAL $bar;
$bar = 1;

It has no effect to use the "global" modifier in the global scope.

Variable scope and the use of global is very well explained here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...bles.scope.php

/Bent

[Tony Marston]

"Pjotr Wedersteers" <pj***@wedersteers.com> wrote in message
news:41***********************@news.xs4all.nl...

I have a function foo () in a file called funcfoo.php called from my main
program file main.php, which has an include for that file.

Foo () contains a line:

echo $bar;

Now I have a (global) variable $bar which is set in main:

GLOBAL $bar;
$bar = 1;

When I call foo () from main it doesn't echo the value 1. (How) can I make
$bar visible to foo () without explicitly passing it as a parameter ? Is
the only way putting the entire foo function body in the same file as main
?

TIA
Pjotr

Try using GLOBAL $bar; in function foo() before the echo. This is all
explained in http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...bles.scope.php

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Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net

[Pjotr Wedersteers]

Tony Marston wrote:

"Pjotr Wedersteers" <pj***@wedersteers.com> wrote in message
news:41***********************@news.xs4all.nl...

I have a function foo () in a file called funcfoo.php called from my
main program file main.php, which has an include for that file.

Foo () contains a line:

echo $bar;

Now I have a (global) variable $bar which is set in main:

GLOBAL $bar;
$bar = 1;

When I call foo () from main it doesn't echo the value 1. (How) can
I make $bar visible to foo () without explicitly passing it as a
parameter ? Is the only way putting the entire foo function body in
the same file as main ?

TIA
Pjotr

Try using GLOBAL $bar; in function foo() before the echo. This is all
explained in http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...bles.scope.php

Thanks, that fixed it!