Proper use of globals and variable scope

[kellan4459]

I am using a MVC framework and in my controller I have defined a class variable for configurations.  In my action I have a call to the configuration class to set the class variable to the current configurations.

 

public $configArray = array();

public function actionBuild($id)
{
$this->configArray=Config::model()->getConfigArray($id);

$this->buildStep1();	
...
}

 

When I echo the configuration in the method it is 10 but when I echo in buildStep1 it is 11.  What is the proper way for configArray to be global and updated when I call getConfigArray for use in functions in the class? 

[scootstah]

Not really sure what you are asking here. Can you be more specific?

[kellan4459]

I changed from $this->variable_name to global declaration of the variable.  That fixed my issue.

[KevinM1]

Globals and OOP are fundamentally opposite ideas.  Globals are generally bad regardless, as they lead to spaghetti code.

 

EDIT: See http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=351194.msg1659987#msg1659987

[scootstah]

I changed from $this->variable_name to global declaration of the variable.  That fixed my issue.

 

I still have no idea what you are talking about.

[AyKay47]

I changed from $this->variable_name to global declaration of the variable.  That fixed my issue.

 

as stated, this is a bad practice as it can lead to pollution down the road. Any value that your method needs should be brought in via its parameter list, not globally.