On Mon, 2018-05-28 at 22:18 -0700, Jeff wrote:
> > On May 28, 2018, at 5:58 PM, John <john.iliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 2018-05-27 at 19:23 -0700, Jeffry Killen wrote:
> > > On May 27, 2018, at 5:46 PM, John wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am writing a PHP script that has a number of variables that (I
> > > > think) are in
> > > > Global scope; that is, they are defined inline before the first
> > > > command of the
> > > > script. Note that these are not necessarily constants as shown in
> > > > the example I
> > > > included; most of them can be changed by the script.
> > > >
> > > > I have functions defined following these variables and before the
> > > > commands in
> > > > the script appear, but when they are called, the functions report
> > > > the variables
> > > > as undefined. This means I have to pass all the Globals to each
> > > > function as a
> > > > call argument.
> > > >
> > > > A trivial script illustrating the problem is below.
> > > >
> > > > This seems odd but I don't see what I am doing wrong. Any
> > > > suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > PHP 5.6.30 called through php-fpm on Apache.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > > ------------------------------------
> > > > test.php - working version
> > > >
> > > > This variant passes a variable in global scope explicitly as a
> > > > parameter. It
> > > > displays correctly on the browser screen.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <?php
> > > >
> > > > $bad_line = "This line should display on screen.";
> > > >
> > > > // sample function that works
> > > > function sample1($bad_line)
> > > > {
> > > > return "\n" . $bad_line . "\n";
> > > > }
> > > >
> > >
> > > This function could also be written
> > > function sample1($a)
> > > {
> > > return "\n" . $a . "\n";
> > > }
> > > > echo sample1($bad_line);
> > >
> > > But it looks like you've answered your own question.
> > > If you wanted to have the function, or another function
> > > alter $bad_line, it would need to be passed by reference
> > >
> > > echo sample1(&$bad_line) .... as I understand it.
> > >
> > > > // this call does work
> > > > echo sample1($bad_line);
> > > >
> > > > exit;
> > > > ?>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > test.php - doesn't work
> > > >
> > > > This variant does not work; it throws error:
> > > >
> > > > [Sun May 27 20:17:46.779348 2018] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 893:tid
> > > > 139838497978112] [client 192.168.1.104:37732] AH01071: Got error
> > > > 'PHP message:
> > > > PHP Notice: Undefined variable: bad_line in /httpd/iliffe/yrarc/
> > > > test.php on
> > > > line 8\n'
> > > >
> > > > <?php
> > > >
> > > > $bad_line = "This line should display on screen.";
> > > >
> > > > // sample function that doesn't work
> > > > function sample1()
> > > > {
> > > > return "\n" . $bad_line . "\n";
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > // this call doesn't work
> > > > echo sample1();
> > > >
> > > > exit;
> > > >
> > > > ?>
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Thanks Jeffry. Yes, I do have a workaround as you suggested but given the
> > number of variables being passed it is unworkable to have to pass them all
> > as
> > arguments to the function. I have been passing them as an array as I noted
> > in
> > an earlier reply but that is getting unwieldy and will be a maintenance
> > nightmare.
> >
> > The original variables, so far anyway, are not changed within any function
> > but
> > can vary between calls to the various functions. Basically it is running in
> > a
> > loop that sets up the various required variables and then passes everything
> > to
> > one or another function for database processing and/or printing.
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm getting an education here!
> >
> > John
> >
> > >
>
> When I have multiple arguments to pass to a function I prefer using an
> associative array.
>
> So,
>
> $arraysamp = [‘fruit’=>’apples’, ‘clothing’=>’socks’];
>
> function handleArray($a)
> {
> switch($a[‘fruit’])
> {
> case ‘apples’:
> // process apples;
> return “apple pie”;
> break;
> default:
> return “input argument error”;
> break;
> }
> // other code for processing $a[‘clothing']
> }
> echo handleArray($arraysamp);
>
> Also, You have declared the global variable in the global script file scope.
> As I understand it global is for use inside of a function that elevates the
> declared
> variable to the global scope. Your error may be due to declaring a variable
> that is
> already in the global scope by default, as global.
>
> I understand your concern because I also do a significant amount of javascript
> programming
> and in that language the scope of a function can see a variable in the global
> scope by default:
>
> var cat = ’siamese’;
>
> function getCat()
> {
> alert(cat)
> }
> getCat() // dialog in browser produces “siamese”
>
> My experience and knowledge of php informs me that this is not possible as
> such.
>
> I hope this can be helpful.
> Jeff K
>
>
Thanks Jeff. Very helpful, including your comment about "not possible as such".
That was what I was afraid would be the result of this inquiry but I was hoping
I had missed something!
Regards,
John
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