My two cents on this one.
Modify the $name within the function and print it.
Modify the$name outside the function (means the non-global-declared $name)
and print it. You will know the difference.
--Shreyas
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Paul M Foster <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 06:37:30PM -0400, David Mehler wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I've got a file with a variable declared in it. For purposes of this
> post:
> >
> > $name = $_POST['name'];
> >
> > Now a little later in the same file I have a custom function call that
> > outputs some information. In that information is an echo statement
> > outputting $name:
> >
> > echo $name;
> >
> > I'm wondering do I have to have $name declared as a global variable
> > within that function? For example:
> >
> > function customFunction() {
> > global $name
> > }
> >
> > I've tried it both ways and both ways it works, with and without the
> > global statement. I was under the impression that to be useful in a
> > function variables outside were not accessible.
> > Thanks.
> > Dave.
>
> Variables declared outside a function are visible outside the function.
> Variables declared inside a function are visible only within that
> function. To use a "global" variable inside a function, you must declare
> it global, as:
>
> global $globalvar;
>
> Paul
>
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Regards,
Shreyas Agasthya
