Question

I have a php file, say include.php which has the following contents:

<?php
$myVar = "foo";
?>

Now, I want to create a class, called GlobalInclude, which can include a file in the global scope:

class GlobalInclude {
    public function include( $file="include.php" ) {
        #do something smart
        include $file
        #do something smart
    }
}

In it’s current form, the $myVar variable will only be available inside the scope of the include function. I want to do something like:

GlobalInclude::include( "include.php" );
echo $myVar;

Output
foo

Any ideas on how I can accomplish this?

Answer 1

Thought I’d update the answer here.
I wrapped my app entry in a try catch, and threw a IncludeInGlobalException with the file name as the message. Then, in the catch block, I included the file.