Re: questions about $_SERVER
| From: | Tedd Sperling | Date: | Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:04:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: questions about $_SERVER | ||
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On Mar 12, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Daniel Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 14:16, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This document clearly states that $GLOBALS is a SuperGlobal -- what am I not understanding
>> here?
>
> You are understanding it correctly, the only thing that's missing
> is the population. The variables are defined (set), but not all are
> populated. $GLOBALS is a superglobal, you're right; globals set from
> userland scripts are not superglobals, but do wind up in the $GLOBALS
> array. Thus, all superglobals are globals, but not all globals are
> superglobals.
So, it's a question of population timing -- I see.
Additionally, I like the term "userland" -- I will use it in class. :-)
What would be the opposite term, serverland?
Thanks,
tedd
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