note 71236 added to function.eval

"Also remember that variables given values under eval() will retain these values in the main script afterwards." This line confused me for a moment. What they mean is that if you modify a variable that was declared outside of the eval code from within the eval, it stays modified. Of course. What it does _not_ do is make any newly created variables global, which is what I was worried about. Variables created from inside an eval will retain the same scope as where the eval statement was called from (or lesser scope if they were created inside a function inside the eval, etc). "If eval() is the answer, you're almost certainly asking the wrong question." -- Rasmus Lerdorf, BDFL of PHP It seems to me that eval is the only fix for the static class members + inheritance problem(as of PHP5). ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 67.41.171.17 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71236 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71236/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71236/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71236/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71236/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71236/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71236/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71236 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71236 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php