Re: Extract. Was Re: Feature?

On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:47:57 -0500, you wrote: >Just looking up that extract function, the manual says it extracts into >the current symbol table. I assume that means that within foo() the >array would be extracted into local variables. Is that right? As http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php says: This function is used to import variables from an array into the current symbol table. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You might want to try declaring the variables that are to be extracted as global - and see what happens, but I tend to prefer keeping things to large configuration arrays and then local vars only where I can. >> $foodefault = array( >> 'foo_fred'=> '<strong>default fred</strong>', >> 'foo_banana' => '<strong>default >> bananananana</strong>', >> ); Caveat Programmer: don't name the default array foo_default (or '{PREFIX}_') - if you had a parameter called 'default', the first extract would overwrite it, and the second would probably fail (or if it was an array, extract it - but still not what you wanted). Caveat Programmer 2: You have to name the default variables in the array the full and proper post-prefixed name, extract does not appear to be able to (currently) EXTR_PREFIX_ALL _and_ EXTR_SKIP. Alister Please don't send the mailing lists and CC me - getting two copies just bugs me.