functions and not so global variables.

[Sims]

Hi,

I want to tidy my code up a bit and in order to do that I need to break some
function down.

so if I have something like

function function_1()
{
$foo = 0;
$bar = 1;

$foobar = $foo + $foo
echo $foobar;
}

and I want to split it in two functions I would maybe get

function function_2()
{
$foobar = $foo + $foo
echo $foobar;
}

function function_1()
{
$foo = 0;
$bar = 1;

function function_2()
}

But of course the problem is that function_2 does not know what $foo and
$bar are equal to because the values are not global.
But how could I make function_2 know about the values defined in
function_1()?

The purpose is just to clean up the code so I do not want to do anything
that might be a security problem.

Many thanks in advance.

Sims

[J.O. Aho]

Re: functions and not so global variables.

Sims wrote:
[color=blue]
> I want to tidy my code up a bit and in order to do that I need to break some
> function down and I want to split it in two functions
> But of course the problem is that function_2 does not know what $foo and
> $bar are equal to because the values are not global.
> But how could I make function_2 know about the values defined in
> function_1()?[/color]

function function_2($foo ,$bar) {
$foobar = $foo + $foo
echo $foobar;
}

function function_1() {
$foo = 0;
$bar = 1;

function function_2($foo ,$bar)
}

Or if you want to be able to use default values:
function function_2($foo =1,$bar=0) {
$foobar = $foo + $foo
echo $foobar;
}

function function_1() {
$foo = 0;
$bar = 1;

function function_2($foo ,$bar)
}

function function_3() {
/* can call the function_2() without arguments
and foo will be 1 and bar would be 0 */
function function_2()
}


//Aho

[Paul Delannoy]

Re: functions and not so global variables.

Sims a écrit:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
>[...]
> But of course the problem is that function_2 does not know what $foo and
> $bar are equal to because the values are not global.
> But how could I make function_2 know about the values defined in
> function_1()?[/color]
Just 'pass' the values as args to function_2 : function
function_2($foo ,$bar)

[color=blue]
> Many thanks in advance.[/color]
For nothing