Re: 'Global' variable scope.

because it's not global. global variables are those not defined within any function, method, or object. and please, ask further questions like this in php-general@ At 13:01 6/29/2001, John Parker wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Hi, all. > >I'm just wondering why a variable defined within a function is not available >as a global to functions called from the same scope. There's probably a >really good reason for this, but I'm not sure I know what it is. > >Feel free to educate me. > >Ta muchly, >JP. > >--- Code example follows --- > ><?PHP // Simple global variable scope test. Function startTests() { > $G_test = "Hello, World."; globalTest(); } Function >globalTest() { global $G_test; if (isset($G_test)) > { echo ("Global variable 'test' - value: >'<B>".$G_test."</B>'.<P>\n"); } > else echo ("Global variable 'test' is not set.<P>\n"); >}?> > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >John Parker email: jparker@itchannel.net >Internet Project Manager/Software Engineer web:www.itchannel.net >itCHANNEL International Ltd. tel: +44 (0) 1202 291939 > > >-- >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ------end of quote------ cynic@mail.cz ------------- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7