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Request #40339 new superglobal...
Submitted: 2007-02-03 03:50 UTC Modified: 2010-12-22 13:23 UTC
Votes:3
Avg. Score:2.0 ± 1.4
Reproduced:1 of 2 (50.0%)
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From: randallgirard at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.2.0 OS: Windows / Linux
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 [2007-02-03 03:50 UTC] randallgirard at hotmail dot com 
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Just as there is a $GLOBALS var pointing to the global scope, there should also be a $SCOPE or $LOCALS var pointing to the current local, usually function/method scope. This would add alot of coding potential, and should be included in the language because of misc features like variable variables which appear to utilize the local, then global scope if the var is not defined locally. It would also greatly aid in debugging, as you could quickly and easily dump all var's in the scope... And, I'm sure others could find many more uses for such a feature.

If such a feature allready exists, I'm sorry for my ignorance and I would greatly appreciate feedback informing me of how a local scope array could be accessed. THANKS!!

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 [2007-06-25 13:11 UTC] michael at chunkycow dot com dot au 
This sounds totally bogus, I do not know of any other language that comes close to providing such a thing.
If you have trouble keeping track of the scoping of a given variable it's an implementation/programmer problem not a language one.
 [2009-01-20 09:56 UTC] a at b dot c dot de 
I can't even make out what "misc features like variable variables which appear to utilize the local, then global scope if the var is not defined locally" is even referring to - I've never seen global variables leaking into the local scope without my asking for them.

If your coding is so borked that you don't even know what variables you have or not you can get a list of local variables by taking get_defined_vars() and subtracting $GLOBALS.
 [2010-12-22 13:23 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues
 [2010-12-22 13:23 UTC] johannes@php.net 
You can use get_defined_vars(). Adding a magic variable is quite expensive,even when not used. And most people would never use it.
 
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