Re: Globals funkiness

> Consider (and run) the following code: > > function globalize() { > global $STATEMENT_DATE_MACRO; > global $STATEMENT_MONTH_MACRO; > global $SETTLEMENT_DATE_MACRO; > > echo "$STATEMENT_DATE_MACRO = STATEMENT_DATE_MACRO<br>\n"; > echo "$STATEMENT_MONTH_MACRO = STATEMENT_MONTH_MACRO<br>\n"; > echo "$SETTLEMENT_DATE_MACRO = SETTLEMENT_DATE_MACRO<br>\n"; > > } > > file://function doIt() { > $today = date( "U" ); > $last_month = mktime( 0, 0 , 0 , ( date( "m" ) - 1 ), 1 , date( "Y" )); > > $STATEMENT_DATE_MACRO = date( "jS F, Y", $today ); > $STATEMENT_MONTH_MACRO = date( "F Y", $last_month ); > $SETTLEMENT_DATE_MACRO = date( "F 20, Y", $today ); > > globalize(); > > file://} > > file://doIt(); > > Everything works great. Couldn't be happier. Now, uncomment the > three lines above that are commented out... the lines that start and end > the "doIt()" function and the function call itself. Run it again. > Why isn't this working? Shouldn't the calling function's variables be > part of the "global namespace" for the called functions? > > Chris > In PHP keywords "global" only works to cause a global variable to be seen within a specific namespace/function. On this aspect PHP is slightly different from C. In C namespace is hierachical and thus a vairable can be seen in downward without "global" re-declaration within a certain function. Alex