Superglobals
PHP function
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Built-in variables that are always available in all scopes
Description
Several predefined variables in PHP are "superglobals", which means they are available in all scopes throughout a script. There is no need to do global $variable; to access them within functions or methods.
These superglobal variables are:
$GLOBALS$_SERVER$_GET$_POST$_FILES$_COOKIE$_SESSION$_REQUEST$_ENV
Notes
Note
By default, all of the superglobals are available but there are directives that affect this availability. For further information, refer to the documentation for variables_order.
Note
Superglobals cannot be used as variable variables inside functions or class methods.
See Also
- variable scope
- The variables_order directive
- The filter extension