Can’t access global variable inside function

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You have to pass it to the function:

<?php
    $sxml = new SimpleXMLElement('<somexml/>');

    function foo($sxml){
        $child = $sxml->addChild('child');
    }

    foo($sxml);
?>

or declare it global:

<?php
    $sxml = new SimpleXMLElement('<somexml/>');

    function foo(){
        global $sxml;
        $child = $sxml->addChild('child');
    }

    foo();
?>

If the variable isn’t global but is instead defined in an outer function, the first option (passing as an argument) works just the same:

<?php
    function bar() {
        $sxml = new SimpleXMLElement('<somexml/>');
        function foo($sxml) {
            $child = $sxml->addChild('child');
        }
        foo($sxml);
    }
    bar();
?>

Alternatively, create a closure by declaring the variable in a use clause.

<?php
    function bar() {
        $sxml = new SimpleXMLElement('<somexml/>');
        function foo() use(&$xml) {
            $child = $sxml->addChild('child');
        }
        foo();
    }
    bar();
?>

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