Global Variables

Hey it's me again,

I am wondering if there is a (secure) way to create a variable that is
global. For example, I have an include file right now that defines a number
of arrays for site configuration - eg:

$FilePath = array ("Logs" => "MyLog/", "Templates" => "MyTemplate/");

Lexically speaking, this is fine from the main script. The scope of the
variable resides within the main script. However when I go into a function
it is no longer in scope, obviously. I can always pass the information
through an arguement ie

WriteLog($FilePath['Logs'], 'error.log', $ErrorNum, $ErrorDetails);

This works fine, however, it is a little cumbersome. I know avoiding
use of global variables is good programming, but in this case it would make
life much easier if I could define a few global variables. Can someone
please tell me the best way to do this?

Thanks
/Aaron

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:00:03 GMT, "Aaron Murray" <__nospam__@hotmail@.com>
wrote:

> I am wondering if there is a (secure) way to create a variable that is
>global. For example, I have an include file right now that defines a number
>of arrays for site configuration - eg:
>
> $FilePath = array ("Logs" => "MyLog/", "Templates" => "MyTemplate/");
>
> Lexically speaking, this is fine from the main script. The scope of the
>variable resides within the main script. However when I go into a function
>it is no longer in scope, obviously. I can always pass the information
>through an arguement ie
>
> WriteLog($FilePath['Logs'], 'error.log', $ErrorNum, $ErrorDetails);
>
> This works fine, however, it is a little cumbersome. I know avoiding
>use of global variables is good programming, but in this case it would make
>life much easier if I could define a few global variables. Can someone
>please tell me the best way to do this?

(a) The 'global $FilePath' statement to bring the global into scope.
(b) The $_GLOBALS array, visible from all scopes.

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