I have a function called
chewbacca() {
include('external.php');
echo $lang[1];
...
}
The file external.php contains all the $lang array. However, since I have to execute the function thousands of times, I would like to include only once the file. If I include_once('external.php'); before the function, how can I use the $lang array variables in my function without having to write "global" before each use?
Maybe passing it as an argument?
<?php
include 'external.php';
function chewbacca($lang_array){
echo $lang_array[1];
//...
}
Edit:
You could do the following too:
On external.php:
<?php
return array(
'foo',
'foobar',
'bar',
);
On index.php:
<?php
function chewbacca($lang_array){
echo $lang_array[1];
//...
}
$foo = include 'external.php';
chewbacca($foo);
Edit2:
Of course now you can use include_once, but I would recommend require_once because you won't have the array if the include fails and the script should stop with an error.
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're after, you don't need to write global before each use, you just have to use it at the start of the function.
include('external.php');
chewbacca() {
global $lang;
echo $lang[1];
...
}
Simply said, you can't...
You have several ways to do this:
Way #1
global $lang;
include('external.php')
function chewbacca(){
global $lang;
echo $lang[1];
}
Way #2
function chewbacca(){
include('external.php')
echo $lang[1];
}
Way #3
function chewbacca(){
static $lang;
if(!is_array($lang)){ include('external.php'); }
echo $lang[1];
}
Way #4
include('external.php')
function chewbacca($lang){
echo $lang[1];
}
chewbacca($lang);
Good luck
PS: Another way would be to use a CLASS a load the strings in the class when it gets created (inside the constructor) and access the language strings from $this->lang...
Static class also is a solution.
class AppConfiguration {
static $languages = array(
'en' => 'English'
);
}
function functionName($param) {
$lang = AppConfiguration::$languages;
}
require_once that class in document and that's it.
If I understood you correctly, try and pass it to a local scope before using it; that way you'll only need to use the global scope once inside the function.
