Super global variables

[Anon]

I have a variable called $variable.
This variable is used quite a lot in various functions.
Is it possible to reach this variable without having to Global it in all function??

$variable = 42;

function one($cool)
{
Global $variable;
return $cool+$variable;
}

function two($wow)
{
Global $variable;
return $wow*$variable;
}

Is there a way of not having to type in "Global $variable;" in each function??

[Anon]

put it all in a class and use

var $variable = 42;

then in your functions you can refer to it as $this->variable

[Anon]

you should read some docs on naming variables...the name $variable is very poor.

Anyway, here's your hack:

function GlobalVariable($newValue = '') {
static $variable;
if ($newValue) $variable = $newValue;
return $variable;
}

function one($cool) { return $cool + GlobalVariable(); }

[Anon]

Nice solution!

I was actually more looking for a cooler way of writing this:

$variable = 42;

I forgot it, but it was define() that I was after.

[Anon]

Thank you for your code and I have copied it for later use, but it was actually the define() function I was looking for.

I suppose I had a memory leak.