Yes, and in even larger scale applications it can become even more useful. I have a web framework I'm working on, it's about 9,500 lines of code now with hundreds of functions/classes. Every function/method has to specify global for my 3 universal variables which contain large arrays of configuration information. With this, I can say "superglobal $mod, $sec, $cfg" in my root include file, and not worry about it again.
On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 17:23 -0700, Michael McGlothlin wrote: > I think the superglobal keyword is a great idea. I have a custom class > that implements a custom interface to memcache with a MySQL backend for > data that drops out of memcache or is to big to be stored easily in > memcache. I get annoyed at needing to include a global statement in > every place I want to use memcache. > > Thanks everyone, I knew this, but I didn't want to use runkit because it > > is a beta, and i don't want all that other stuff, just superglobals. > > Also, runkit only allows you to use php.ini, but my patch allows you to > > specify superglobals in your script with the keyword "superglobal" by > > saying: > > > > superglobal $var1, $var2 ; > > > > Thanks for your help though, if anyone else is interested in the patch > > send me a message. > > > > This isn't something the developers would want to implement I assume, > > but it would be useful if they would, at a very small cost too (the > > patch probably under 50 lines, very simple code too). If anyone would > > like the patch to be implemented in CVS, let me know. > > > > On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 22:58 +0100, Johannes Schlüter wrote: > > > >> Hi Sam, > >> > >> you could use pecl/runkit for registering your own super globals. See > >> example 2071 on http://de3.php.net/manual/en/ref.runkit.php > >> > >> johannes > >> > >> On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 15:53 -0500, Sam Barrow wrote: > >> > >>> I am trying to develop a patch for personal use to enable custom > >>> superglobals. > >>> > >>> I seemed to have had it working, but am I allowed to specify > >>> superglobals in my script, or do they have to be specified in an ini > >>> file or statically in the PHP code? > >>> > >>> I created a superglobal keyword and a function that calls > >>> zend_register_auto_global upon the use of this keyword, but it doesn't > >>> work. It calls zend_register_auto_global correctly and passes the > >>> variable name and length of the variable name, but when i try to access > >>> the variable inside a function in my PHP script, it is undefined. > >>> However I am able to hard code my superglobal into the PHP source files > >>> and it works. > >>> > >>> Is there some type of restriction on setting superglobals at runtime, or > >>> does the structure of the PHP interpreter not allow this, or am I doing > >>> something wrong? > >>> > >>> Thanks in advanced for your help. > >>> > > > > > > > -- > Michael McGlothlin > Southwest Plumbing Supply > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
