Re: extract() and symbol tables

On Friday 23 August 2002 11:42, jacob@keystreams.com wrote: > I wrote this function: > > function tug_extract_url_variables() { > global $HTTP_SERVER_VARS; You're using $_GET & $_POST which implies that you can use $_SERVER instead of $HTTP_SERVER_VARS. > if (($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'GET') && > (!empty($_GET))) { return extract($_GET, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, "formvar"); > } else if (($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') && > (!empty > ($_POST))) { > return extract($_POST, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, "formvar"); > } else { > return false; > } > } > > > Calling this function of course only returns the number of variables found > or false on failure and I understand why it doesn't make the variables > accessible outside the scope of the function. I am wondering, is there any > way I can make all these variables available outside the local function's > scope? You can use import_request_variables() to stuff them into the _global_ scope. > Mainly, I want to call it within a method of a class and make the > variables available only in that method and since I want to use it in > several different methods I want to make the code reusable What you can do is have your tug_extract_url_variables() return a single array which contains all the form variables. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* "May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." -- George Carlin */