note 67939 deleted from language.variables.scope by danbrown
| From: | danbrown@php.net | Date: | Mon, 18 May 2009 01:36:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 67939 deleted from language.variables.scope by danbrown | ||
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Note Submitter: variable_scope-php dot net at fijiwebdesign dot com
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In response to: Variable scope
Quote: "the global keyword *will* allow you to access variables in the global scope of your
script, even if those variables were not made available locally to the parent function."
Actually, the "parent" function does not access a variable in its global scope unless it
specifically uses the global modifier on the variable.
See this test:
<?php
$var = ''; // global scope
function foo() {
$var = 'Hello from $foo';
bar();
echo $var;
}
function bar() {
global $var;
$var = 'Hello from $var';
}
foo(); // prints: "Hello from $foo"
?>
The global scope of the variable $var is only available to bar(), not to foo(). Even if you were to
put foo() and bar() in the same parent class, this would still be the case.