Weird scope issue from $GLOBALS

[jatar_k]

So I have a function that can't seem to test a global variable

the variable is defined in a lib like so
$MY_COOL_VAR = true;

then it is tested as such inside of a function
if($MY_COOL_VAR) echo 'watch me do something';

so both of these files are included by a 3rd scipt

during execution I can dump $GLOBALS and the variable is there with the correct value.

anyone have any thoughts on why it isn't imported into the variable table in the included script?

I can't say I've seen this, still plodding through code to look for anything odd

[enigma1]

if you're accessing it inside a function you need to declare it as global within the function scope ie:

function test() {
global $MY_COOL_VAR;

echo $MY_COOL_VAR;
.....
}

[eelixduppy]

Within user-defined functions the variable defined in the other file doesn't exist. The vars used within the functions have local scope. You must use the global keyword to specify that it should find it in the globals. This in fact, should work:

global $MY_COOL_VAR;
if($MY_COOL_VAR) echo 'watch me do something';

[edit]
too slow :)

[coopster]

Or just use the $GLOBALS superglobal which has scope everywhere, including inside a function.

if (isset($GLOBALS['MY_COOL_VAR']) && $GLOBALS['MY_COOL_VAR']) {

[jatar_k]

that I've done

I think it's because the joker before me included everything in every function, which I removed, everywhere

got me messed

so his whole application is based on a scope mismatch, how absolutely wonderful

makes my whole day

funny how playing with other people's junk gets you all messed up so easily

[eelixduppy]

Sounds like a mess. To not go completely insane you should avoid spaghetti for dinner tonight. ;)

[jatar_k]

hehe

so is anyone else jealous of how many responses I got so quickly? don't be, that's how badly people like to show me up, hehe

simple software is sometimes the worst, so you repeat an error 100 times, no biggie, but when you repeat 5-10 errors in every function, it becomes a bit of a burden

at least it keeps me busy ;)

[coopster]

so is anyone else jealous of how many responses I got so quickly

Yes. But you asked a scope question which you yourself have answered here so many times yourself that it was obvious to me that you are so deep in analysis that you were overlooking the obvious. I hate seeing a friend struggle :)

[jatar_k]

he's laughing on the inside

frankly I'm sitting here trying to figure out how I am going to get around this all encompassing blunder

I think i'll switch them all to constants, means I just have to remove a metric tonne of $