Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 15 Jul 2003 at 15:19, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you. > Can i ask another question? What if i want to increment a global > counter from within a function. at the moment i am trying to declare > the variable normally: > $counter=0; > then within the function: > function (){ > global $counter; > $counter++; > but then when i go to echo $counter outside of the function its value > hasnt changed?
For me, the following code: === $counter=0; function IncCounter(){ global $counter; $counter++; } IncCounter(); echo $counter; // 1 is displayed === works fine, maybe it is a problem with your particular code? David. -- phpmachine :: The quick and easy to use service providing you with professionally developed PHP scripts :: http://www.phpmachine.com/ Professional Web Development by David Nicholson http://www.djnicholson.com/ QuizSender.com - How well do your friends actually know you? http://www.quizsender.com/ (developed entirely in PHP) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php