Re: Object scoping and form variables in PHP4

Chris Mayes wrote: > Is there a non-hackish way to import form variables into the object's > scope? Should I send the HTTP_GET/POST_VARS into the object and step global $HTTP_POST_VARS; reset($HTTP_POST_VARS); while(list($name,$val) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS)) { ... } ...probably does what you want. > This > question may set some purists' teeth on edge, but why doesn't PHP4 > allow an object created and called within a page's scope to access > variables from that page's symbol table? From what I've seen, > variables local to the object would either be called with the $this-> > syntax or would be defined locally within the scope of a method. http://www.php.net/manual/language.variables.scope.php and read up on the global keyword. -- Simon Edwards Animated Design, Melbourne http://www.animated.net.au/ Ph: (03) 98850990