RE: [PHP] Re: global scope issue

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ivo Fokkema [mailto:I.F.A.C.Fokkema@LUMC.nl] > Sent: 13 August 2003 15:45 > > "Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote in message > news:20030813142705.28520.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > I'm having problems using global vars. I have read the > docs and all of > the > > notes but it's not helping. Simplified example: > > > > /dir1/script2.php > > <?php > > $test = array ( 'a' => '1', 'b' => '2'); > > ?> > > > > /dir1/script1.php > > <?php > > include("/dir1/script2.php"); > > print_r($test); //works great > > print_r($GLOBALS['test']); //does not work > > ?> > > > > This is a local include so the vars should be in the global > scope right? > > Any help please? > As far as I know, no defined variable is global by default. > If you would > really need this variable to be global, you'll need to do a > > global $test; > > to make $test global. Absolute rubbish!! ALL variables used in the global scope are automatically global and available in the superglobal array $GLOBALS. You're confusing this with the issue that global variables are not automatically accessible within functions but must be "imported" with the global statement. (And a global statement in the gloabl scope has absolutely no effect whatsoever.) Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211