How to bring variable from function's function in global use?

[zbaxqkob]

// Just a random file

function release($release) {
	require_once("$release.php");
}

release("skeleton");

echo "This is it!: " . $skeletonName;

// skeleton.php

$skeletonName = "Boo";

Well I don’t know what the variable will be called. But if it’s created and it has it’s processing it should do that, and just set variable globally. Can it be done?

[SamA74]

Generally a function will have a return at the end, for example:-

return $skeletonName ;

Then you could call the function like:-

$skeletonName = release("skeleton");

[Dormilich]

@zbaxqkob

Can it be done?

no (see your other thread for an explanation why). and I recommend to never use require/include to import global variables. I have spent hours searching where such an included global variable originates.

however you can use require/include to define variables.

<?php
// skeleton.php

// define the variable
$skeleton = 'some value';
// note the return statement here!
return $skeleton;

// import the data
function release()
{
    // again, note the return statement
    return require 'skeleton.php';
}

// define the variable in the current script
$skeletonName = release();

echo "This is it!: " . $skeletonName; // This is it!: some value