Changing a global variable from inside a function PHP

A. Use the global keyword to import from the application scope.

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(){
    global $var;  
    if("Condition"){
        $var = "01-01-11";
    }
}
checkdate();

B. Use the $GLOBALS array.

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(){
    if("Condition"){
        $GLOBALS['var'] = "01-01-11";
    }
}
checkdate();

C. Pass the variable by reference.

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(&$funcVar){  
    if("Condition"){
        $funcVar = "01-01-11";
    }
}
checkdate($var);

Just use the global keyword like so:

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(){
     global $var;

     if("Condition"){
            $var = "01-01-11";
      }
}

Any reference to that variable will be to the global one then.

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