if ($key === '') {
continue;
}
if (is_numeric($key[0])) {
$key = '_' . $key;
}
$output[$key] = $value;
}
return $output;
}
// im running this test in a function, so that get_defined_vars() just gives me a local scope
// i didnt want to sift through $_SERVER, $_SESSION, and so on
function testme(array $extracted)
{
//extract(prepareForExtract($extracted), EXTR_PREFIX_SAME | EXTR_PREFIX_INVALID | EXTR_REFS, 'test');
extract(prepareForExtract($extracted), EXTR_PREFIX_SAME | EXTR_REFS, 'test');
var_dump(get_defined_vars());
}
foreach ($test as $file) {
testme($file);
}
/*
Conclusion:
get variables you want to extract into an array
find a prefix that you want to append in case of collisions, such as $prefix = 'stim_'
then use:
extract(prepareForExtract($extracted), EXTR_PREFIX_SAME | EXTR_REFS, $prefix);
the EXTR_REFS pulls everything as a reference, so you can modify $test or $cue and see the results in the output
*/
<?php
define('EOL', "\n");
$data = 'a=1&b=2&c=3';
echo 'global scope', EOL;
echo 'parse_data(): ', $data, EOL;
parse_str($data);
if (isset($b)) {
echo 'isset b=' . $b, EOL;
} else {
echo 'no b=' . $b, EOL;
}
echo EOL;
echo 'within function', EOL;
testme();
function testme()
{
$data = 'a=1&b=2&c=3';
echo 'parse_data(): ', $data, EOL;
parse_str($data);
if (isset($b)) {
echo 'isset b=' . $b, EOL;
} else {
echo 'notset b=' . $b, EOL;
}
if (isset($b)) {
echo 'isset b=' . $b, EOL;
} else {
echo 'no b=' . $b, EOL;
}
}
