Re: Suggestion: global variables being accessed in localscope

On Thu, February 8, 2007 7:43 pm, Christian Schneider wrote: > Guilherme Blanco wrote: >> Brian,I am sorry about the message indentation... Seems >> PHP-Internals >> list does not like M$ Live(r) Mail! > > Please use plain text mail as your messages are a PITA to read, > thanks. Or very easy to read, as the spam filter just junks it... :-v >> you can see, the only change needed is in a throw-able error >> (Undefined >> variable), which does a second look-up in the symbolTable.Doing >> this, you do not need to use $GLOBALS nevermore! And also, global >> can > > You didn't grasp two of the major PHP features (not bugs!): > 1. Every variable you access inside a function is local unless > explicitely imported (through $GLOBALS, global or superglobals) from > the > global scope. And that's the way it should be, unless you really like tracking down obscure bugs from totally unrelated code messing with your variables. > 2. Accessing undefined variables is normal and not an error (not > everybody agrees here but lots of people consider this a big plus). Actually, it's not at all normal, and PHP throws an E_NOTICE. It's your own fault if you haven't turned that on in your error_reporting. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?