* Thus wrote Justin French: > Jay, > > "global $a, $b, $c" is used for bringing global variables INTO the > scope of the function... what I'm after is a way of making localised > variables (in function) available outside of the function. <?php
$a = 1; function foo() { global $a, $b; $a = 2; $b = 3; } echo $a, ':', $b, "\n"; foo(); echo $a, ':', $b, "\n"; results: 1: 2:3 remember 'global $a' is the same as doing: $a = &$GLOBALS['a']; Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php