[PHP] q: extract() and get_defined_vars()

2003-06-27 Thread Aric Caley
am I assuming correctly that get_defined_vars() returns an array pretty much like the $GLOBALS array? If I call extract() inside of a function, then the variables it creates will be local to that function, correct? OK, so, is there a way to get extract() to define those variables as global, from

Re: [PHP] q: extract() and get_defined_vars()

2003-06-27 Thread David Nicholson
Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Sat, 28 Jun 2003 at 01:41, lines prefixed by '' were originally written by you. If I call extract() inside of a function, then the variables it creates will be local to that function, correct? OK, so, is there a way to get extract() to

Re: [PHP] q: extract() and get_defined_vars()

2003-06-27 Thread Aric Caley
Yes it is, you must tell the function to treat the relevant variables as globals though, here is a way of doing it: function Foo(){ $theArray = array('var1'='testing', 'var2'='testing2'); foreach($theArray as $varname=$value){ global $$varname; } extract($theArray); }

Re: [PHP] q: extract() and get_defined_vars()

2003-06-27 Thread David Nicholson
Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Sat, 28 Jun 2003 at 02:01, lines prefixed by '' were originally written by you. Pretty sneaky. But at this point, why bother with the extract() at all? wouldn't this do the same thing: function Foo(){ $theArray =