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Some friends said that these two are actually the difference in writing. Now I will prove to you the difference between global and $GLOBALS. Friends in need can refer to it for specific reference.
According to the official explanation it is
1.$GLOBALS['var'] is the external global variable itself.
2.global $var is a reference or pointer of the same name as external $var.
Look at the following example first:
Let’s give an example:
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$var1 = 1; $var2 = 2; function test(){ $GLOBALS['var2'] = &$GLOBALS['var1']; } test(); echo $var2; ?> |
The normal print result is 1
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$var1 = 1; $var2 = 2; Function test(){
global $var1,$var2; test(); echo $var2;?>
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function test() { global $a; unset($a); } $a = 1; test(); print $a; ?> |
The fulfillment effect is:
1
Why is 1 output? Hasn’t $a been unset? Unset failed? PHP bug?
No, in fact, unset works. It unsets $a in the test function. You can add it after the function
print $a;
In other words, global generates the alias variable "$a" for $a outside the test function, in order to differentiate it from the $a outside
Then go back to Example 1 above and look at the code "$var2 =& $var1;" in test_global. The above is a reference assignment operation, that is, $var2 will point to the physical memory address pointed to by var1
So we come to the conclusion that the difference between global and $GLOBALS[] in the function is:
global generates an alias variable in the function that points to the external variable of the function, instead of the actual external variable of the function. Once the address pointed to by the alias variable is changed, some unexpected situations will occur, such as Example 1.
$GLOBALS[] is indeed called an external variable, and it will always remain consistent inside and outside the function!
You can compare the following two examples:
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global:
global $bar;
myfunction(); echo $bar;?> Output: something
function foo() {
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$a = 1; $b = 2; function Sum() { global $a, $b; $b = $a + $b; } Sum(); echo $b; ?> |
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$var1 = 1; <🎜> Function test(){ <🎜> unset($GLOBALS['var1']); <🎜> } <🎜> test(); <🎜> echo $var1; <🎜> ?> |
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$var1 = 1; <🎜> Function test(){ <🎜> global $var1; <🎜> unset($var1); } <🎜> test(); <🎜> echo $var1; <🎜> ?> |
Accidentally printed 1. It proves that only the alias | reference is deleted, and the value itself is not changed in any way.
Global problem analysis:
Question: I have defined some variables ($a) in config.inc.php, and include ("config.inc.php") outside the function in other files. These variables $a need to be used inside the function. If Without a statement, echo $a will not print anything. Therefore, global $a is declared, but there are many functions and many variables. You can't declare it like this repeatedly, right? If there is any good solution, please give me some advice.
answer1: First define the constants in config.inc.php: define (constant name, constant value)
Then require 'config.inc.php' in other places where it is needed,
Then you can use this constant directly in this file.
answer2: I also have a way, which is to define an array, such as $x[a], $x, so that you only need to declare global $x.
answer3: I tried your method, but it didn’t work.
answer4: Change your php.ini file.