Global vs static variables in PHP

Question

I\'m creating a basic framework in PHP. I need to pass data for the current page into different functions, allow them to modify and save it, and then pass it back to the pag

Answer 1

So, my question is, which would be better and why?

You already sense that there is some problem putting this all into globals. Although you have developed some thoughts to encapsulate things into a class.

I think that is a good starting point. Let's add some more spice to the cooking to get this more fluent at the beginning:

$data = new ArrayObject(array());
$data['page_title'] = 'Home';

You have created an object now that you can pass along containing your data. Just pass $data to the area's where it's needed. No global or global static variable needed.

You can even make that type more concrete later on by extending from ArrayObject with your own type.