Re: How do I access a local variable?

On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 21:55 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:54:27AM +0100, abdulazeez alugo wrote: > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I have a function inside which I set alocal variable to store a result. Can I access this > > variable in another function? if yes then how? > > > > function tbl1($entrytitle, $entrytext) > > > > { > > > > global $conn; > > > > $result= mysql_query("INSERT INTO tbl1(tbl1_id, title, text) > > > > VALUES('NULL', '$entrytitle', '$entrytext')", > > $conn); > > > > $tbl_id=mysql_insert_id($conn);// this is the local variable I'm setting to get > > the last auto increment id > > > > } > > > > > > > > Now I wish to access that variable in another function thus: > > > > function tbl2($name, $entrytitle, $entrytext) > > > > { > > > > global $conn; > > > > $result =mysql_query("INSERT INTO tbl2(tbl1_id, name, title, text) > > > > VALUES('$tbl1_id', '$name', > > '$entrytitle', '$entrytext' )", $Conn); > > > > } > > > > > > > > Or is there a better way to store the variable? > > If a variable is local to a function, there is no way to access that > variable outside that function. You can pass it back as a return value > from the original function, or make it global (not advised) to make it > visible in other functions. > > Paul > > -- > Paul M. Foster > Or pass it by reference to the functions, so that both are able to make changes to it. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk