note 21324 modified in language.variables.external by sander

[Ed. note: $HTTP_*_VARS are NO superglobals, only $_SERVER, $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST, $_SESSION, $_COOKIE are superglobals. Therefor you DO need global on the $HTTP_*_VARS, but not on the real superglobals. ] Note: When using the magic superglobals (i.e. $HTTP_SERVER_VARS) inside a function, you still have to declare them as "global" inside the function source. This is counterintuitive -- you'd think that the built-in variables would automatically have universal scope -- but necessary. --was-- Note: When using the magic superglobals (i.e. $HTTP_SERVER_VARS) inside a function, you still have to declare them as "global" inside the function source. This is counterintuitive -- you'd think that the built-in variables would automatically have universal scope -- but necessary. http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php