/**
* Search for the var $name in $_SESSION, $_POST, $_GET,
* $_COOKIE, or $_SERVER and set it in provided var.
+ *
* If $search is not provided, or == SQ_INORDER, it will search
* $_SESSION, then $_POST, then $_GET. Otherwise,
* use one of the defined constants to look for
* a var in one place specifically.
+ *
+ * Note: $search is an int value equal to one of the
+ * constants defined above.
+ *
+ * example:
+ * sqgetGlobalVar('username',$username,SQ_SESSION);
+ * -- no quotes around last param!
+ *
* Returns FALSE if variable is not found.
* Returns TRUE if it is.
*/
if ( !check_php_version(4,1) ) {
global $_SESSION, $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER;
}
-
+
+ /* NOTE: DO NOT enclose the constants in the switch
+ statement with quotes. They are constant values,
+ enclosing them in quotes will cause them to evaluate
+ as strings. */
switch ($search) {
/* we want the default case to be first here,
so that if a valid value isn't specified,
all three arrays will be searched. */
- default:
- case 'SQ_INORDER':
- case 'SQ_SESSION':
- if( isset($_SESSION[$name]) ) {
+ default:
+ case SQ_INORDER:
+ case SQ_SESSION:
+ if( isset($_SESSION[$name]) ) {
$value = $_SESSION[$name];
- return TRUE;
- } elseif ( $search == SQ_SESSION ) {
- break;
- }
- case 'SQ_POST':
- if( isset($_POST[$name]) ) {
+ return TRUE;
+ } elseif ( $search == SQ_SESSION ) {
+ break;
+ }
+ case SQ_POST:
+ if( isset($_POST[$name]) ) {
$value = $_POST[$name];
- return TRUE;
- } elseif ( $search == SQ_POST ) {
- break;
- }
- case 'SQ_GET':
- if ( isset($_GET[$name]) ) {
- $value = $_GET[$name];
- return TRUE;
- }
- /* NO IF HERE. FOR SQ_INORDER CASE, EXIT after GET */
- break;
- case 'SQ_COOKIE':
- if ( isset($_COOKIE[$name]) ) {
- $value = $_COOKIE[$name];
- return TRUE;
- }
- break;
- case 'SQ_SERVER':
- if ( isset($_SERVER[$name]) ) {
- $value = $_SERVER[$name];
- return TRUE;
- }
+ return TRUE;
+ } elseif ( $search == SQ_POST ) {
break;
+ }
+ case SQ_GET:
+ if ( isset($_GET[$name]) ) {
+ $value = $_GET[$name];
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+ /* NO IF HERE. FOR SQ_INORDER CASE, EXIT after GET */
+ break;
+ case SQ_COOKIE:
+ if ( isset($_COOKIE[$name]) ) {
+ $value = $_COOKIE[$name];
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+ break;
+ case SQ_SERVER:
+print "SQ_SERVER CASE<br />\n";
+ if ( isset($_SERVER[$name]) ) {
+ $value = $_SERVER[$name];
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+ break;
}
return FALSE;
}