# 'local' variables

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/21280
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- Started by Faisal Nasim on 2005-12-19T10:33:13+00:00
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## #21280 — Faisal Nasim — 2005-12-19T10:33:13+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/21280#21280

I'm thinking to implement a block-level variable scope support for PHP
(Perl's 'my'). It'll be similar to variable scoping as in the
functions using a qualifier 'local' (as opposed to 'global').

Once a variable is localized, the only other same-named variable it
can use is the global variable through $GLOBALS array. Any thoughts?

Faisal