#33409 [NEW]: User-defined superglobals
From: graced at monroe dot wednet dot edu
Operating system: Linux 2.4.21 (RHAS3)
PHP version: 5.0.4
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: User-defined superglobals
Description:
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This is related to bug #18060, which is marked as "Won't fix", but I'd
like to add some input to it and can't.
It would be nice to have a programming construct that turns a regular
variable into a superglobal along the same lines as
$_GET/$_REQUEST/$_POST/$_SERVER/etc.
I have a large project that has a 'configuration' stored in the global
$CFG. Having to global this (or type $GLOBALS['CFG']) every time it needs
to be checked inside one of a multitude of functions is very time
consuming.
I'd rather be able to write:
superglobal $CFG;
just once, since it's much cleaner than having to remember to global it
everywhere.
If it's the programmer's discretion as to whether a variable is a
superglobal (rather than all variables being 'superglobal' like in some
other languages) it should avoid the "nasty global variable
side-effects" that other languages are prone to
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Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33409&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33409&r=globals
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- graced at monroe dot wednet dot edu