Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP] Please stop me from tearing my hair out.]

On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 12:33 +0100, Richard Heyes wrote: > Fowarded message. > > email message attachment (Re: [PHP] Please stop me from tearing my > hair out..eml) > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > From: Byron <klingemeister@gmail.com> > > To: richardh@phpguru.org > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Please stop me from tearing my hair out. > > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:47:48 +1200 > > > > now it says this? Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=', > > expecting ',' or ';' in C:\wamp\www\achillesweb2\functions.php on > > line 14 > > ?.? > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Byron <klingemeister@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > okay, so i got static and global mixed up? Thanks. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:44 PM, Richard Heyes > > <richardh@phpguru.org> wrote: > > Byron wrote: > > right. > > > > Now I'm getting the following errors after > > doing a semi-colon triple check. > > > > > > *Warning*: mysql_select_db(): supplied > > argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource > > in *C:\wamp\www\achillesweb2\functions.php* > > on line *48* > > > > $con Is not accessible (because you're in a function > > when you create it). Ummm, yes it is :) Static variables have persistence beyond the function call and thus beyond the function scope itself. > > ie. When you create it (ie when you connect to > > MySQL) you could stick it in the global scope. ie In > > your connection function, make this the first > > statement: > > > > global $con; Yes, you could do that... but ad-hoc shoving stuff into global space is poor style. > > Then you can do the same in other functions, or > > alternatively you can access it like so: > > > > $GLOBALS['con'] Not that I like the current implementation, I merely followed what he was aiming for, but the implementation above works fine in practice (not withstanding any syntax bugs I may have left since it's untested). Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP