Re: Determining the name of a global variable within a function

> I want to write a function that modifies a global array but returns a > different value. Is there any way (in PHP3) to determine the global name of > a variable passed to the function? > > for example: > > function modify_array($array) { > /* code to modify $array */ > return $someValue; > } > > $foo = array("A", "B", "C"); > $bar = modify_array($foo); > > /* $foo should now be modified */ > > > If I just knew what $foo was called I could use the $GLOBALS array to access > it, but $foo may or may not always be named $foo... So how do I determine > its name, or is there some other way to modify the global array from within > a function? This works in my scripts: function modify_array(&$array) { /* code to modify $array */ } ... modify_array($anyVariable); // $anyVariable will be modified here. I've never used the modify_array(&$anyVariable) way, but I suspect it'd work the same way. The difference is that all variables passed to the function above are passed by reference. / Niklas (who is really too tired to be at work right now... :) )