Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Arcadius A.
Thanks Jack arcad. Jack Dempsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... you have to use $GLOBALS[SCRIPT_FILENAME] jack Arcadius A. wrote: Hello ! Why this script prints an empty string(it prints nothing) as the value of the variable u

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Arcadius A.« am 2001-08-31 um 05:27:04 -0700 : $u = $SCRIPT_FILENAME; Because you did not define $SCRIPT_FILENAME anywhere. If you want to access the global variable, you've got to say so: global $SCRIPT_FILENAME; Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german)

RE: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Boget, Chris
So sprach »Arcadius A.« am 2001-08-31 um 05:27:04 -0700 : $u = $SCRIPT_FILENAME; Because you did not define $SCRIPT_FILENAME anywhere. If you want to access the global variable, you've got to say so: global $SCRIPT_FILENAME; Or, so you don't have to specify all the variables you are

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Boget, Chris« am 2001-08-31 um 10:04:49 -0500 : Or, so you don't have to specify all the variables you are using as globals (especially if you are using *alot* of them), you can use: $GLOBALS[SCRIPT_FILENAME]; What's the gain? 'global ' has 7 characters, whereas '$GLOBALS[]'

RE: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Boget, Chris
Or, so you don't have to specify all the variables you are using as globals (especially if you are using *alot* of them), you can use: $GLOBALS[SCRIPT_FILENAME]; What's the gain? 'global ' has 7 characters, whereas '$GLOBALS[]' has 10 characters. So, you don't type less. And with

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Arcadius A.
RE: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?Ok Men !!!. Now I see thanks alot for the inputs ! :o)) Arcad - Original Message - From: Boget, Chris To: 'Alexander Skwar' Cc: Arcadius A. ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:22 AM Subject: RE

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Boget, Chris« am 2001-08-31 um 10:22:28 -0500 : True. But take the following function: function processLotsOfFormVars() { global $fieldOne, $fieldTwo, $fieldThree, $fieldFour; global $fieldFive, $fieldSix, $fieldSeven; global $PHP_SELF, $REQUEST_URI; global

RE: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Boget, Chris
One of the downside of PHP IMHO is, that you do not have to define variables. This leads to a lot of errors. At least there should be a option, which forces you to define variables, like maybe so: dim $some_var; I definitely agree there. I've been bitten by this bug more times than

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Arcadius A.
Message - From: Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Boget, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Arcadius A. [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ? So sprach »Boget, Chris« am 2001-08-31 um 10:22:28 -0500

RE: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Boget, Chris
Cool ... Now that we're talking about PHP I'd like to ask a question You know the overloading function in C++ Is that possible in PHP ? No, I do not believe so. Basically , I'd like to define more than one function having the same name but different number of

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Philip Olson
One of the downside of PHP IMHO is, that you do not have to define variables. This leads to a lot of errors. At least there should be a option, which forces you to define variables, like maybe so: I've not followed this thread but this is pretty much what E_NOTICE is for, turn it on in

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Arcadius A.
Ok .I see Thanks to you both ! Have a nice weekend Arcad -- PHP General 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]

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Arcadius A.« am 2001-08-31 um 17:36:51 -0700 : Would this work ? Kinda, but not really. If you want to do this, you've got to stuff it all in one function, like so: function dunno($mandatory, $optional1 = NULL, $opt2 = NULL){ if (NULL === $optional1){ //

Re: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-30 Thread Jack Dempsey
you have to use $GLOBALS[SCRIPT_FILENAME] jack Arcadius A. wrote: Hello ! Why this script prints an empty string(it prints nothing) as the value of the variable u ? This happens even if $REQUEST_URI or PHP_SELF is used instead of SCRIPT_FILENAME . Thanks... ? function menu(

RE: [PHP] PHP_SELF or REQUEST_URI within Function ?

2001-08-30 Thread Jason Murray
? function menu( $theurl) { //global $u ; $u = $SCRIPT_FILENAME; echo $u; echo $theurl; } ? Hello there !!! ? menu(hoho.com) ? Variable scope. You need a global $SCRIPT_FILENAME; at the top of the function. Jason -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To