RE: [PHP] how to get var name and value from function?

On Mon, April 16, 2007 12:10 pm, Ford, Mike wrote: > No, not "just another array" (although I agree about the function > being pretty useless!) -- $GLOBALS is a superglobal array that > contains a reference to every variable defined in the global scope, so > that accessing $GLOBALS['var'] from anywhere is the same as accessing > $var in the global scope. It's a way of referencing global variables > without having to use a "global $var" statement. So, as far as I can tell, you're avoiding using the documented feature "global $var" and cramming things into $GLOBALS which happens to work but is an undocumented feature? All the ills associated with "global $var" are still there, of course. Or is it explicitly stated in the manual somewhere I'm not seeing that one can put things in $GLOBALS directly? [shrug] I'd just use "global $$var" personally, if I was gonna do this at all... As a "middle ground" one could have a SINGLE global variable, say, $DATA, and use the var names as keys in that... Still not something I'd really recommend doing, but at least it's less problematic than having a zillion global vars with generic names like $name running all through your application. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?