At 02:55 PM 7/7/01 -0400, Mitch Vincent wrote:
> I've been using PHP for several years now and one question has plagued
>me the entire time. Why doesn't PHP have global variables? Before someone
>says it, I do know PHP sort of does have global variables, but having to
>specify GLOBAL in any function I want to see that variable in disqualifies
>it from being a truly global variable IMHO..
>
> I suppose I'm more curious than anything else.. Thanks!
>
>-Mitch
>
I don't know what the makers of PHP had in mind, but from my experience,
having truly global variables is a very bad idea. In fact, you should be
trying to limit your need of global variables, so that your program can
count on the integrity of the variables.
John Meyer
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Programmer
If we didn't have Microsoft, we'd have to blame ourselves for all of our
programs crashing
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