note 108393 added to language.variables.scope

If I want to use a global array within a nested function, I need to do this: $myRay = array(); $global myRay; doTLA(); function doTLA(){ doDetail(); } function doDetail(){ global $myRay; ...use $myRay[] contents.... } The above works. I just spent all afternoon: Aaaargh! Maybe this'll help someone else. It didn't work until I made the top-level declaration global. And BTW: global $myRay = array(); # is a syntax error From my reading of the manual, I shouldn't need to make the top-level declaration explicitly global, but I did. Maybe its because I'm in a nested function. Maybe there is an R in the month. And now someone much smarter than me can come along and point out where in TFM I missed the explanation. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 80.103.5.170 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/108393 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108393/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108393/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108393/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108393/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108393/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108393/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108393 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/108393 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php