GLOBAL

[Anon]

question 1:

function somename()

{
global $var1 , $var2 ....etc
}

instead of definining each and every variable as global is there a GLOBAL global command ...making all variables GLOBAL ..wherever they may be ..much like perl

question 2:

$somevar = 1;

function somefunc ()
{

how to modify $somevar ?

}

chris

[Anon]

Question 2:

$somevar=1;
function somefunc()
{ global $somevar;
$somevar=2;
}

Question 1:
Any variables defined with global scope are accessible as elements of the $GLOBALS array:

$somevar=1;
function somefunc()
{ $GLOBALS['somevar']=2;
}

Of couse, for convenience you might want to create a reference to the $GLOBALS element

$somevar=1;
function somefunc()
{ $somevar=&$GLOBALS['somevar'];
$somevar=2;
}

(A reference so that the global $somevar gets updated.)

But then the first line of that function could be achieved by

$somevar=1;
function somefunc()
{ global $somevar;
$somevar=2;
}

And you're back to Question 2.