Problem with global variables

[Stephane Pointu]

Hi All,

I'm turning mad with global variables...
In created a simple test script with 2 functions which worked fine but the
other one i need doesn't work. Register_global s is On.

Here are the relevant parts of my script:
//Save form data in an array
function add_ota_element s($form_data)
{
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
$otavars[ota_name] = $form_data[name];
}


function create_new_gprs _dialup()
{
$otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
echo $otavars[ota_name]; //To see if the form data is well saved
}

switch ($action)
{
case add_ota_element s:
add_ota_element s($form_data);
break;
case create_new_gprs _dialup:
create_new_gprs _dialup();
break;
}

$otavars[ota_name] in the second function is empty. Can anybody explain to
me why it is so. I guess it is related to the switch instruction but i
can't understand why.

Thanks in advance for you help.
Stephane

[Rainer Herbst]

Re: Problem with global variables

Stephane Pointu schrieb:[color=blue]
> Hi All,
>
> I'm turning mad with global variables...
> In created a simple test script with 2 functions which worked fine but the
> other one i need doesn't work. Register_global s is On.
>
> Here are the relevant parts of my script:
> //Save form data in an array
> function add_ota_element s($form_data)
> {
> $otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
> $otavars[ota_name] = $form_data[name];
> }
>
>
> function create_new_gprs _dialup()
> {
> $otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
> echo $otavars[ota_name]; //To see if the form data is well saved
> }
>
> switch ($action)
> {
> case add_ota_element s:
> add_ota_element s($form_data);
> break;
> case create_new_gprs _dialup:
> create_new_gprs _dialup();
> break;
> }
>
> $otavars[ota_name] in the second function is empty. Can anybody explain to
> me why it is so. I guess it is related to the switch instruction but i
> can't understand why.
>
> Thanks in advance for you help.
> Stephane[/color]

The second function is called if the $action is set to
"create_new_gpr s_dialup". This function does not fill the $otavars with
the values from the form as the first function do.

I assume that add_ota_element s() is not called in this case.

When $otavars should be filled in this case? Have you stored the
$otavars into a session? Don't forget that any variable is lost after
the server finished your script, if you didn't save them into a session!

HTH!
Rainer


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[Stephane Pointu]

Re: Problem with global variables

Le Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:48:24 +0200, Rainer Herbst a écrit :
[color=blue]
> The second function is called if the $action is set to
> "create_new_gpr s_dialup". This function does not fill the $otavars with
> the values from the form as the first function do.
>
> I assume that add_ota_element s() is not called in this case.
>
> When $otavars should be filled in this case? Have you stored the
> $otavars into a session? Don't forget that any variable is lost after
> the server finished your script, if you didn't save them into a session![/color]

I did not put the variable into a session. I thought that i did not have
to as i call the same script... I did not realize that there were two
transactions. Thanks for your answer.

Stephane

[hexkid]

Re: Problem with global variables

Stephane Pointu wrote...[color=blue]
> //Save form data in an array
> function add_ota_element s($form_data)
> {[/color]

### create a local scope (for this function) variable
### named otavars and set its value to the current
### value of $GLOBALS["otavars"]
[color=blue]
> $otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];[/color]

### if it doesn't exist create the index ota_name
### (did you forget the quotes?)
### of the local otavars and set its value to
### the value of form_data[name]
### again ... did you forget the quotes?
[color=blue]
> $otavars[ota_name] = $form_data[name];[/color]

### why don't you simply do
### $GLOBALS["otavars"][ota_name] = $form_data[name];
### ?
### or with quotes
### $GLOBALS["otavars"]["ota_name"] = $form_data["name"];
[color=blue]
> }
>
>
> function create_new_gprs _dialup()
> {
> $otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];
> echo $otavars[ota_name]; //To see if the form data is well saved[/color]

### echo $GLOBALS["otavars"][ota_name];
[color=blue]
> }[/color]

[Gary Petersen]

Re: Problem with global variables

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:29:07 -0500, Stephane Pointu created an award-winning
crop circle
<pan.2003.09.19 .09.29.06.72531 6@free.fr>, which, when translated into
English, means this:
[color=blue]
> Hi All,
>[/color]

Hello
[color=blue]
> I'm turning mad with global variables...
> In created a simple test script with 2 functions which worked fine but the
> other one i need doesn't work. Register_global s is On.
>
> Here are the relevant parts of my script:
> //Save form data in an array
> function add_ota_element s($form_data)
> {
> $otavars = $GLOBALS["otavars"];[/color]

$otavars = & $GLOBALS["otavars"];
[color=blue]
> [...][/color]

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