(a) I agree that the names are long (b) Remember that you can change the name by simply assigning it around (e.g., $GET_A = $HTTP_GET_VARS) (c) I think that $GET_A is ugly :) I'd go for something along the lines of $__GET (d) Having these variables available on every function means that it's going to slow things down, so it's a no-no. What we can do is do something along the lines of $GLOBALS - where it is available in every function that *uses* it. The drawback here is that it means it will not be available via indirect reference (i.e., $foo = "__GET", $$foo["bar"]). I don't think it's a serious drawback though. Zeev At 15:07 2/7/2001, Derick Rethans wrote: >Hello list, > >sometimes I use PHP too, and today I noticed the things I described here. >Per coincidence, Jani, who is working on the new bugsystem, had the same >thoughts about this. I'll describe the problem now: > >All the arrays which hold the vars are not in de global name space, you >you will always need to use the "global" keyword, or something like >$GLOBALS["HTTP_SESSION_VARS"]["username"]; As you all can see, that's way >to long and cumbersome to type. Just see this example: > >global $HTTP_GET_VARS; >global $HTTP_POST_VARS; >global $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS; > >if( empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['PHPSESSID']) && > empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['PHPSESSID']) && > empty($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['PHPSESSID']) && > !empty($sessid) > >I think this looks much better: >if ( empty ($GET_A['PHPSESSID']) && > empty ($POST_A['PHPSESSID']) && > empty ($COOKIE_A['PHPSESSID']) && > !empty ($sessid)) > >I propose to change the names of the arrays and to make these arrays >available in all functions, this will both eliminate the use of the global >keyword, and will shorten the names significantly. This will speed op >coding of course. Our proposal is to use the now second word of the array, >postfixed by _A (array). > >regards, > >Jani Taskinen >Derick Rethans > > >-- >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Zeev Suraski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO & co-founder, Zend Technologies Ltd. http://www.zend.com/ -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
