Req #63137 [Opn->Wfx]: Allow custom GLOBAL variables

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63137&edit=1 ID: 63137 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: valentiny510 at yahoo dot es Summary: Allow custom GLOBAL variables -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Variables related Operating System: XP PHP Version: 5.4.7 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: If you really, desperately want this, you can use runkit, but not supporting custom autoglobals is a deliberate design decision: pervasive use of global variables is an anti-pattern. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-22 09:35:16] valentiny510 at yahoo dot es I "flashed" the source code and founded the "zend_register_auto_global" and Im sure it can be done in the "php_startup_auto_globals" function or some other place, php_variables.c or zend.c just like: zend_register_auto_global("GLOBALS", sizeof("GLOBALS") - 1, 1, php_auto_globals_create_globals TSRMLS_CC); but with our custom variable from php.ini for example.. just use ZEND_INI_ENTRY("custom_globals" ... and done ! :D I know it can be done easy but now depend of you guys if you want to implement it or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-22 08:23:36] valentiny510 at yahoo dot es Description: ------------ I think can be very usefull, sometimes, to be able to make a custom global variable, like languages, configs, etc.. and working just like $GLOBALS but only with the value/values assigned. I'm sure more than 75%-80% of the Php users will be agreed with this change. Imagine and array with some translation strings: $lang = array( 'bla' => 'some nonsense talk', 'blabla' => 'More nonsense talks'); and now the 'trick'.. some function to make 'global' the $lang: make_global( $lang ); or even set in the php.ini some configuration like: custom_globals = "lang, config, more, etc, bla, bla" and now we can use it on global scope function test() { return $lang['bla']; } is a 'nicer' way than function test() { return $GLOBALS['lang']['bla']; } or function test() { global $lang; return $lang['bla']; } Test script: --------------- -- none -- Expected result: ---------------- -- none -- Actual result: -------------- -- none -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63137&edit=1