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Viki Pattanaik
6,314 PointsI was taught you cannot use global variables by default insidea function without specifying globals inside the function
In the preceeding tutorial on PHP functions (the course that comes right before this one), I was specifically taught that global variables while global in scope cannot be used inside a function unless you specify them as global within the function. Now, here I see you calling two global variables outside the scope of the function and without even specifying them global using them inside. I know it works, because my code runs alright but then why was I taught that in the previous Functions course? Am I missing something here?
Cheers! Viki
3 Answers
Alven Maretinus
5,091 PointsAs I know, global variables can be used even without specifying them in the function you want to use them in. The declaration is simply about the matter of neat code, to make the code much more beautiful and readable in many ways.
Correct me if I'm wrong
shawn stokes
5,651 Pointsyou can call a variable set on a page in a function by using global
or you can pass them into the function examples: function example($a,$b){
do something with $A and $b} or function example2(){ global $a $b now do something with $a and $b}
Peter Furler
31,647 PointsThe two global variables $total_products and $position are not actually being used by the get_list_view_html() function.
This function's only job is to build the HTML for each product item.