> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Dallas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:53 PM
> To: Phillip Perry
> Cc: Tim Ward; Martin Towell; Tom Rogers; Php
> Subject: Re[2]: [PHP] beginner in PHP
> 
> 
> On Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 7:44:39 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > Yes, here is the checkout code I used...
> 
> > function chout(){
> >                 session_destroy();
> >                 unset ($mycart);
> >                 unset ($cart_items);
> >                 echo "<p>Thank you for shopping!</p>";
> >                                 }
> 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> Try this...
> 
> function chout(){
>                 global $mycart, $cart_items;
>                 session_destroy();
>                 unset ($mycart);
>                 unset ($cart_items);
>                 echo "<p>Thank you for shopping!</p>";
>                                  }

Still won't work.  All that the "global" statement does is make the copy of the 
variable inside the function be a *reference* to the global copy -- it's basically 
equivalent to

   $mycart = & $GLOBALS['mycart'];

So, when you unset($mycart) within the function, all you're unsetting is the reference 
-- the actual global variable is completely unaffected.  Thus, the only way to unset a 
global variable is to reference it in the global context.  One way to do this might be:

   function chout(){
      session_destroy();
      unset ($GLOBALS['mycart']);
      unset ($GLOBALS['cart_items']);
   }

Alternatively, just do it in the global context, outside any function.

Cheers!

Mike

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