Hi Internals,
I'd like to open up a discussion around the implementation of a new
functionality: 'import of variables'.
This functionality would allow to create a new 'use vars' keyword in order to
can use( or cannot use ) global variables in local scope( of current file ).
I think the best is a example:
```php
<?php
$a = 1;
$b = 2;
$c = 3;
include __DIR__.'/without_import.php';
include __DIR__.'/all_import.php';
include __DIR__.'/none_import.php';
include __DIR__.'/some_vars.php';
include __DIR__.'/global_in_function.php';
```
## without_import.php
```php
<?php
echo $a; //1
echo $b; //2
$c = 'any value'; //replace value in global var
```
## all import.php
```php
<?php
use vars all;
echo $a; //1
echo $b; //2
$c = 'other value'; //replace value in global var
```
## none_import.php
```php
<?php
use vars none;
echo $a; //Warning: undefined var $a
echo $b; //Warning: undefined var $b
$c = 'other value'; //assign value to local var
```
## some_vars.php
```php
<?php
use vars $a, $c, $d; //Warning: undefined var $d
echo $a; //1
echo $b; //Warning: undefined var $b
$c = 'a value'; //replace value in global var
```
## global_in_function.php
```php
<?php
use vars $a, $c;
function hello() {
global $a, $b, $c;
echo $a; //1
echo $b; //null.
$c = 'end value'; //replace value in global var
}
hello();
```
In a project with a lot of global vars( like WordPress ) this functionality
avoids conflicts and easy replacements of values in main global vars.
Regards
--
Manuel Canga
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