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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [Proposal] Idea for Application level variables
From: ken@tossell.net (Ken Tossell)

Justin Hannus wrote:

>So it seems like to get the same functionality, in userland, why not just:
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>$_APPLICATION = &$_SESSION
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Or

if (!isSet($_SESSION['myApplication'])) {
    $_SESSION['myApplication'] = array();
}

$_APPLICATION =& $_SESSION['myApplication'];

>-Justin
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>"Davey" <davey@php.net> wrote in message
>news:20030807141706.32237.qmail@pb1.pair.com...
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>>Wojtek Meler wrote:
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>>>Davey wrote:
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>>>>MMCache can be used as a session handler, but this still has the
>>>>pitfalls of the other solutions.
>>>>
>>>>If you were to implement $_APP(LICATION) as suggested, then it could
>>>>indeed (in theory) use MMCache, just as $_SESSION does
>>>>
>>>>- Davey
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>>>>
>>>As far as I understand you just want to have another superglobal
>>>variable, don't you?
>>>If so I have small patch witch allow to configure in php.ini names for
>>>additional superglobals.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Wojtek
>>>
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>>>
>>Well, whilst this could work, it means that $_APP(LICATION) would not
>>have the same infrastrcture below it as $_SESSION does (automatic
>>serializing/unserializing and the ability to switch the data storage
>>from files, to user, to SQLite and to MMCache)
>>
>>- Davey
>>
>>P.S.
>>
>>Would mind that patch anyways, sounds good, just doesn't fulfill my
>>needs/desires for $_APP(LICATION)
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