Re: accessing $GLOBALS values

"Dennis Gearon" <gearond@fireserve.net> wrote in message news:3F542A6E.5090007@fireserve.net... [snip] > One thing I'm a little confused about is the usage of $GLOBALS array, in > this manner: > > $GLOBALS[SOME_NAME]. > > I thought that it should be: > > $GLOBALS['SOME_NAME']. Hi, You should use quotes to tell PHP it's a string you're using as a key of $GLOBALS. However, when not using quotes PHP will first look for a constant with that name. If PHP can't find any, it will assume it's a string. So not using quotes might lead to problems when you use the name of a constant as a key. I hope this is clear, more info can be found at http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php and scroll down to 'Array do's and don'ts' -> 'Why is $foo[bar] wrong?' HTH, Ivo Fokkema