Passing a variable to a none class function?

interactive

Alright I'm having a bit of a problem here, any help is greatly appreciated.

Basically I have a class that we'll call class1. I have a function that's in a seperate PHP script all to itself that is not part of any class. I have a method from within class1 calling the seperate non-class function. Now I have a variable in class1 how do I pass it to the function without passing it as a parameter.

Am I making any logical sense?

I've tried calling it just by the name but that doesn't work. Any ideas?

superwormy

Not quite sure I undrestand...

You can't pass ANY variable to a function without passing it as a parameter... OR it being declared global to the scope of the entire script...

interactive

Having a hard time explaining myself, my apologies.

Well what I'm doing is just trying to pass a variable (ie: $this->variable) to a script that's included within the method. I can get the variable to the script, but I can't get it to the bloody function. Any ideas?

procoder

it should simply work my calling function_name($this->var), if it doest its a function error.

interactive

Originally posted by procoder
it should simply work my calling function_name($this->var), if it doest its a function error.

Well the problem is I don't want to pass it as a parameter but I guess I may have to.

Warboss_Alex

You could always pass a reference to the object in the function, instead.. or don't you want to pass -anything- to the function?

superwormy

Yeah... the only way to pass data to any function is either as a parameter ( whether passed by reference, or by value ), or to declare the variable global in the function... did you try that?

Why exactly can't you pass it as a parameter? Maybe you could post your code and describe WHY you need to do such a strange thing...?

interactive

Originally posted by superwormy
Yeah... the only way to pass data to any function is either as a parameter ( whether passed by reference, or by value ), or to declare the variable global in the function... did you try that?

Why exactly can't you pass it as a parameter? Maybe you could post your code and describe WHY you need to do such a strange thing...?

Well basically I'm writing a specialized template system. Tags within the templates such as like {&TAG_1(PARAM1, PARAM2)&} are functions that are held within self created libraries. I suppose I could pass it as a parameter I just prefer not to, if there was no easy way to pass it otherwise.

Thanks for all your help though, especially superwormy.

superwormy

I think I know what you mean... where TAG_1 is the function name, correct?

Not sure if you've looked at these yet, but I would think these might be useful ( though maybe not in your case, don't know, just a thought )

www.php.net/call_user_func
www.php.net/call_user_func_array

interactive

Originally posted by superwormy
I think I know what you mean... where TAG_1 is the function name, correct?

Not sure if you've looked at these yet, but I would think these might be useful ( though maybe not in your case, don't know, just a thought )

www.php.net/call_user_func
www.php.net/call_user_func_array

You're correct! 😃

Thanks for the links, not exactly what I'm looking for but I'll manage. Thanks again.