note 97387 deleted from language.variables.scope by danbrown

Note Submitter: blackjeffrey1 at gmail dot com ---- When functions call themselves, static variables aren't always the best option, while it will work for function test() { static $count = 0; $count++; echo $count; if ($count < 10) { test(); } $count--; } It wont always work for ones which call themselves in a loop (I don't have a simple example to show), but instead of counting recursions, it will simply count how many times the function is called, I think a much better way is as such: function test($count=0) { $count++; echo $count; if ($count < 10) { test($count); } } This still does the function of counting to 10 from 1 each time the function is called from outside itself.