Globalizing classes

[TimTimTimma]

I was just wondering if I have a class, and i globalize it, can it still work as if it werent globalized?

For instance:

<?php
class name
{
    function method()
    {
        return 5;
    }
}

$class = new name;
global $class;

function func()
{
    return $GLOBALS['class']->method();
}
?>

Would the above code work as expected?

My next question is how efficient is this? Someone told me I would be better off including the class within each function as a parameter, and assigning it to a class variable within a class.

I want something thats alittle easier, but efficient, and won't cause any problems.

[devinemke]

TimTimTimma wrote:

Would the above code work as expected?

if you expect the func() fucntion to return "5" then yes, it will work as expected...however there is no point in using the global keyword outside of your fucntion definition, it doesn't do anything.

[superwormy]

I see no reason at all that the above code should not work as expected... but why don't you just try it yourself?

On another note though, in general, global variables are a BAD, BAD, THING! and should seriously be avoided.