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Posted by steve on 10/10/99 11:20
"Kimmo Laine" <eternal.erectionN05P@Mgmail.com> wrote in message
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| "Hilarion" <hilarion@SPAM.op.SMIECI.pl> wrote in message
| news:dadovd$8n8$1@news.onet.pl...
| >> Steve wrote:
| >> > Say you have defined a variable $var in your main script.
| >> >
| >> > Now in a function you access it using:
| >> > global $var;
| >> >
| >> > But you want to set it to null inside the function.
| >> > DO: $var = null;
| >> > DONT DO: unset($var);
| >> >
| >> > Why? Because the 2nd way removes the variable from the name space,
| >> > and it is no longer globally available. Cost me 10 hours....
| >
| > Kimmo Laine wrote:
| >> That's odd. The manual seems to disagree:
| >>
| >> "If a globalized variable is unset() inside of a function, only the
local
| >> variable is destroyed. The variable in the calling environment will
| >> retain the same value as before unset() was called.
| >>
| >> <?php
| >> function destroy_foo()
| >> {
| >> global $foo;
| >> unset($foo);
| >> }
| >>
| >> $foo = 'bar';
| >> destroy_foo();
| >> echo $foo; // prints "bar"
| >> ?>"
| >> - from http://fi.php.net/manual/en/function.unset.php
| >
| > That's exactly what Steve said. He said that the variable is removed
| > from current namespace (function namespace), not that it's totaly
| > removed.
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| I somehow thought he meant from the entire namespace, not from current...
| Okay, my bad. Now it all makes sense.
hmmm...i don't believe you have mis-read anything. i read steve's op that
same way you did *and* the problem he describes *does* conflict with the php
manual. but then again, we may both be having problems with our reading
comprehension. ;^)
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