PHP Variable Scope

Is there a way to declare a variable so it is available in all functions. Basically I want to call: Global $varName; automatically for every function. And no, I can't use a constant.

I don't think its possible but wanted to ask anyway. Thanks! :D

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• That's pretty oldschool and not recommended. If you want to use variables whereever you want consider using sessions of passing through variables if you're on an object oriented tour ;)

  Dylan : Alright, thats more or less what I thought. Thanks for the advice.

  Ben Fransen : You're Welcome :)

• There is a $GLOBALS variable and a globals keyword.Check out example 1 and 2 on this page in the documentation.

  But using a global variable is usually a sign of bad structure in your code.

  Dylan : Yah, I was looking at that page earlier. I'll try to come up with a different way to do it. Thanks.

• I don't think variables can be globally visible the way you want bnut functions are.

  You can declare two functions to access you data : on for reading, one for writing.

  But anyway beware : if you change it from many places you will have hard times understanding what's going on when faced with a bug !