Re: Request For Comments: A $CURRENT array

From: Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:55:00 +0000
Subject: Re: Request For Comments: A $CURRENT array
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SH>> Right now PHP has the $GLOBALS variable, a variable that SH>> contains all of entries in the EG(symbol_table), or all SH>> variables that are in the global scope. I'm proposing a $CURRENT SH>> variable, a variable that contains all of the entries in the SH>> EG(active_symbol_table), or all variables that are in the SH>> current scope. Take the following example: This sounds nice. Only concern is that if you do it for each op_array, you'll get a speed hit (there's a lot of op_arrays in average PHP applications, tens to hundreds of them). SH>> Concessions SH>> Since the $CURRENT array will contain a reference to itself, SH>> functions like var_dump() will go through it recursively just SH>> like with the $GLOBALS array. Well, this var_dump should be fixed anyway... They only problem that I have now is a format how to represent it. -- Stanislav Malyshev stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ +972-3-6139665 ext.106

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