ID:               22972
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      tim dot stebbing at nunatak dot com dot au
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Wont fix
 Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
 Operating System: Linux
 PHP Version:      4.3.1
 New Comment:

The general consensus seems to be that this feature will not be added. 
A simple workaround which you can implement in your code to achieve the
'neatening up' you're going for is:

function bar() {
  global $aVeryLongVariableName;
  $foo = &$aVeryLongVariableName;

  /* This will successfully increment the value of
$aVeryLongVariableName */
  $foo++;
}


Previous Comments:
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[2003-03-30 23:08:11] tim dot stebbing at nunatak dot com dot au

optionaly add 'as' to the global keyword, in the same way that SQL 'as'
works:

global $aVeryLongVariableName as $foo

It would neaten alot of code, would not break old scripts, I imagine
your passing a ref into the code block, this is just specifying the
handle used :) 

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