note 125806 deleted from language.variables.scope by crell

Note Submitter: Duke dot Bouvier at NOPSAM dot Gmail dot com ---- The recursion example has some excess code: "$count--" is superfluous. "$count++" can be built into the loop (but be sure to use pre-increment not a post-incremenet Thus: <?php function test() { static $count = 1; echo $count." "; if (++$count < 10) { test(); } } ?> Though with a static, all you are really doing is creating a loop but with lots of function calls pushed onto the stack. A great things about recursive functions is that you don't actually have to have any static data. You simply supply an argument to pass the value (and can use a default value for the argument for your initialisation if desired.) <?php function test($count = 1) { echo $count." "; if ($count < 10) { test(++$count); } } test() ?>