On 17 April 2007 01:18, Richard Lynch wrote: > On Mon, April 16, 2007 12:10 pm, Ford, Mike wrote: > > No, not "just another array" (although I agree about the function > > being pretty useless!) -- $GLOBALS is a superglobal array that > > contains a reference to every variable defined in the global scope, > > so that accessing $GLOBALS['var'] from anywhere is the same as > > accessing $var in the global scope. It's a way of referencing > > global variables without having to use a "global $var" statement. > > So, as far as I can tell, you're avoiding using the documented feature > "global $var" and cramming things into $GLOBALS which happens to work > but is an undocumented feature? > > All the ills associated with "global $var" are still there, of course. Of course -- this can be a matter of personal preference, but I have seen the use of $GLOBALS advocated over the global keyword as part of the knowing-where-your-data-came-from-at-the-point-of-use frame of mind. > Or is it explicitly stated in the manual somewhere I'm not seeing that > one can put things in $GLOBALS directly? [shrug] http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php#language.variables.superglobals Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 113 812 4730 Fax: +44 113 812 3211 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
