reference array inside fucntion

[Bastern]

Hi,

I have the folllowing code snippet:

$data_from_flash = $_POST[ "xmlStringData" ];
	$nodeNames = array();

for( $i = 0; $i < strlen( $nodeNames ); $i++ )
{
	fputs( $myLogFile, $nodeNames[$i] );
}

fclose( $myLogFile );

// $nodeNames cannot be accessed form inside this function
	function startElementHandler( $parser, $name, $attributes )
	{
		array_push( $nodeNames, $name );
	}

The problem is that inside the 'startElementHandler' function, my array that i want to push() into cannot be accessed, how can i get round this scope issue?

Regards, Bastern :]

[vaaaska]

Global?

// $nodeNames cannot be accessed form inside this function 
    function startElementHandler( $parser, $name, $attributes ) 
    { 
        global $nodeNames; 

    array_push( $nodeNames, $name ); 
} 

[Installer]

You could use "global" or "$_GLOBALS".

[Bastern]

cool - thanks. but am i then not just overwriting my array everytime the function is called?

Regards, Bastern :]

[Installer]

No, the array is merely made available to the function. It's not altered unless some code in the function alters it.

[Bastern]

Cool, thanks for your help.

Regards, Bastern