Is it possible to access outer local variable in PHP?
You could probably use a Closure, to do just that...
Edit : took some time to remember the syntax, but here's what it would look like :
function foo(){ $l = "xyz"; $bar = function () use ($l) { var_dump($l); }; $bar();}foo();
And, running the script, you'd get :
$ php temp.phpstring(3) "xyz"
A couple of note :
- You must put a
;
after the function's declaration ! - You could
use
the variable by reference, with a&
before it's name :use (& $l)
For more informations, as a reference, you can take a look at this page in the manual : Anonymous functions
You must use the use
keyword.
$bar = function() use(&$l) {};$bar();
In the very very old PHP 5.2 and earlier this didn't work. The syntax you've got isn't a closure, but a definition of a global function.
function foo() { function bar() { } }
works the same as:
function foo() { include "file_with_function_bar.php"; }
If you execute function foo
twice, PHP will complain that you've tried to re-define a (global) function bar
.
You can read default value by:
function(){ return preg_match( "yourVar = \d+" , str_file_get_contents(functionFile) , arrayToPutFieldsValue ); }
If You would use two functons in the same time - it's like someone's using a spoon and You want to take a food from that spoon - You'll waste a food or some of You will starv.Anyway - You would have to set a pointer somehow in a hard way.It's impossible to get any field from other function or class without calling it to life.Functions/methods are instance-like - they need to be called.
Share the common fields by accessing a global fields with synchronized functions.