PHP - Insertin Php Variable Into Js Function Script

Hello all, I have some piece of code that is nested like this


$variable = 'This is a global argument';
function parentFunction($variable) {
function childFunction() {
echo 'Argument of the parent function is '.$GLOBALS['variable'];
}
childFunction();
}
parentFunction(5);


What I want to know is - Is there a way to access a variable from the parent function without passing arguments to the child function? (Something like how classes have parent::?). I don't want to use $GLOBALS because it might cause some variable collision, and I didn't want to pass arguments because incase I decide to change the arguments in the parent function I'd have to do it in the child function aswell. From my searching around in the Internet it seems like this is not possible, but if theres a slight chance that there might be something out there, i'm willing to give it a shot .

Thanks in advance

I have a script that adds points together based upon the placing. This is the actual script:

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<? $points = 0;

if($place === '1st') {$points = $points + 50;}
elseif($place === '2nd') {$points = $points + 45;}
elseif($place === '3rd') {$points = $points + 40;}
elseif($place === '4th') {$points = $points + 35;}
elseif($place === '5th') {$points = $points + 30;}
elseif($place === '6th') {$points = $points + 25;}
elseif($place === '7th') {$points = $points + 20;}
elseif($place === '8th') {$points = $points + 10;}
elseif($place === '9th') {$points = $points + 10;}
elseif($place === '10th') {$points = $points + 10;}
elseif($place === 'CH') {$points = $points + 50;}
elseif($place === 'RCH') {$points = $points + 40;}
elseif($place === 'TT') {$points = $points + 30;}
elseif($place === 'T5') {$points = $points + 30;}
elseif($place === 'Champion') {$points = $points + 50;}
elseif($place === 'Reserve Champion') {$points = $points + 40;}

echo "Total HF Points: $points";
?>What it *should* do (my friend's script works the same way and it works) it starts at points = 0, than if there is a first place, it adds 50, and so forth until it reaches the end.

It is included into a file, in this area:

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<div class="tabbertab">
<h2>Records</h2>
<? $query92 = "SELECT * FROM THISTABLE WHERE VARIABLE='$id' OR VARIABLE = '$name' ORDER BY ABS(VARIABLE), VARIABLE";
$result92 = mysql_query($query92) or die (mysql_error());

echo "<table class='record'>
<tr><th>Show</th> <th>Class</th> <th>Place</th></tr>
";

while($row92 = mysql_fetch_array($result92)) {
$class = $row92['class'];
$place = $row92['place'];
$entries = $row92['entries'];
$race = $row92['show'];
$purse = number_format($row92['purse'],2);

echo "<tr><td>$race</td> <td>$class</td> <td>$place</td></tr>";
}
?>
<tr><td colspan='3'><div align='right'><? include('includes/points.php'); ?></div></td></tr>
</table>
</div>

This is the code that is relevant. When ended here, it echoes the last place that appears in the results (such as a 5th place echoing 30 points). When I move it to be included in the while loop, it shows Total Points: 50 Total Points: 25 Total Points: 10 (depending on the results displayed on that page). What am I doing wrong?

I want to define a function instead of repeating query in all my php pages. I call a function by passing an $id value and from that function i have to get all the info related to that id, like name, description and uom.    I am trying to do this, but i dont know how to get these values seperately.   here is my function  

function items($item_id)
{
$details = array(); 
$result = mysql_query("select item_id, name, uom, description from items where item_id=".$item_id."") or die (mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$details[] = array((stripslashes($row['name'])), (stripslashes($row['uom'])), (stripslashes($row['description'])));
}
return $details;
}

and i call my function like this

$info = items($id);

Can somebody guide me in this    

I have a function that get's a quick single item from a query:

function gimme($sql) { 
global $mysqli; 
global $mytable; 
global $sid; 
$query = "SELECT ".$sql." FROM ".$mytable." WHERE sid = ".$sid; $result = $mysqli->query($query); 
$value = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_NUM); 
$$sql = is_array($value) ? $value[0] : ""; 
return $$sql; // this is what I've tried so far 
$result->close(); 
}

It works great as:

echo(gimme("name"));

Then I realized that I could use that as a variable ('$name' in this case) elsewhere. However, I can't figure out how get that new, variable variable 'outside' of the function.  As such,

echo($name);

isn't working outside the function.  Is there a way to return a variable variable?  In other words, is there a way to make a function that creates a variable variable that will available outside of the function?

 

Thanks

 

I am using two diffrent databases in my php system, MySQL and MSSQL. my issue is i need a list of results from a MySQL query to be part of a Where clause in the MSSQL query. I cant put the the MSSQL query in the while section of the MySQL query as i need to sort by the results of the MSSQL query. if i do the MySQL query and then use  the info from that in the MSSQL query I get only one result. so i decided to make it a function. how ever i need to know how to  make the function into a variable so i can input it in the MSSQL query. Hope this all makes senes. heres what i have that is not working .

function somefunction($vaiable) {
$gers = mysql_query(sprintf("SELECT emp_id, lastname FROM info WHERE active='1' AND oid='$oid' AND pidnumber='4'")) or die(mysql_error());
while ($gerow = mysql_fetch_array($gers)) {
echo "ci.attorney='$lastnamey' OR ";

 }
}

$attlist = getattorney($vaiable);
echo $attlist;

$rscw=odbc_exec($conn, sprintf("SELECT ci.attorney, SUM(ci.totalweight) AS 'citw' FROM info ci, clients cl WHERE ci.ID = cl.ID AND (cl.county = '$xca' OR cl.county ='$xcb' OR cl.county ='$xcc' OR cl.county ='$xcd') AND ($attlist ci.attorney='xyz') GROUP BY ci.attorney ORDER BY citw DESC")) or die (odbc_errormsg());

while (odbc_fetch_row($rscw))
{

echo odbc_result($rscw,"attorney");
echo odbc_result($rscw,"citw");
}


is there a way to make a function be defined as a variable?

Any help is appreciated