A little gotcha to watch out for:
If you turn off RegisterGlobals and related, then use get_defined_vars(), you may see something like the following:
<?php
Array
(
[GLOBALS] => Array
(
[GLOBALS] => Array
*RECURSION*
[_POST] => Array()
[_GET] => Array()
[_COOKIE] => Array()
[_FILES] => Array()
)
[_POST] => Array()
[_GET] => Array()
[_COOKIE] => Array()
[_FILES] => Array()
)
?>
Notice that $_SERVER isn't there. It seems that php only loads the superglobal $_SERVER if it is used somewhere. You could do this:
<?php
print '<pre>' . htmlspecialchars(print_r(get_defined_vars(), true)) . '</pre>';
print '<pre>' . htmlspecialchars(print_r($_SERVER, true)) . '</pre>';
?>
And then $_SERVER will appear in both lists. I guess it's not really a gotcha, because nothing bad will happen either way, but it's an interesting curiosity nonetheless.
get_defined_vars
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
get_defined_vars — 모든 정의된 변수의 배열을 반환
설명
array get_defined_vars
( void
)
이 함수는 get_defined_vars()를 호출하는 영역 안에 존재하는 모든 정의된 변수(환경변수, 서버나 유저 정의 변수) 목록을 포함하는 다차원 배열을 반환합니다.
반환값
모든 변수를 가진 다차원 배열.
예제
Example #1 get_defined_vars() 예제
<?php
$b = array(1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8);
$arr = get_defined_vars();
// $b를 출력
print_r($arr["b"]);
/* PHP 인터프리터의 경로를 출력 (CGI로 사용할 때)
* 즉, /usr/local/bin/php */
echo $arr["_"];
// 명령줄 인수가 존재한다면 출력
print_r($arr["argv"]);
// 모든 서버 변수를 출력
print_r($arr["_SERVER"]);
// 변수 배열의 모든 키를 출력
print_r(array_keys(get_defined_vars()));
?>
참고
- isset() - 설정된 변수인지 확인
- get_defined_functions() - Returns an array of all defined functions
- get_defined_constants() - 모든 상수와 그 값의 연관 배열을 반환합니다
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User Contributed Notes 18 notes
zabmilenko at hotmail dot com ¶
17 years ago
sergeyzuzic at mail dot ru ¶
8 years ago
dirty code sample:
print_r(compact(array_keys(get_defined_vars())));
ryanlwh at yahoo dot com ¶
11 years ago
Since get_defined_vars() only gets the variables at the point you call the function, there is a simple way to get the variables defined within the current scope.
<?php
// The very top of your php script
$vars = get_defined_vars();
// Now do your stuff
$foo = 'foo';
$bar = 'bar';
// Get all the variables defined in current scope
$vars = array_diff(get_defined_vars(),$vars);
echo '<pre>';
print_r($vars);
echo '</pre>';
?>
mail at mkharitonov dot net ¶
9 years ago
Reference variables are returned by reference (tested on PHP 5.5.11):
<?php
$a = null;
$b = &$a;
get_defined_vars()['b'] = 4;
var_dump($b); // int(4)
?>
lbowerh at adelphia dot net ¶
19 years ago
Here is a function which generates a debug report for display or email
using get_defined_vars. Great for getting a detailed snapshot without
relying on user input.
<?php
function generateDebugReport($method,$defined_vars,$email="undefined"){
// Function to create a debug report to display or email.
// Usage: generateDebugReport(method,get_defined_vars(),email[optional]);
// Where method is "browser" or "email".
// Create an ignore list for keys returned by 'get_defined_vars'.
// For example, HTTP_POST_VARS, HTTP_GET_VARS and others are
// redundant (same as _POST, _GET)
// Also include vars you want ignored for security reasons - i.e. PHPSESSID.
$ignorelist=array("HTTP_POST_VARS","HTTP_GET_VARS",
"HTTP_COOKIE_VARS","HTTP_SERVER_VARS",
"HTTP_ENV_VARS","HTTP_SESSION_VARS",
"_ENV","PHPSESSID","SESS_DBUSER",
"SESS_DBPASS","HTTP_COOKIE");
$timestamp=date("m/d/y h:m:s");
$message="Debug report created $timestamp\n";
// Get the last SQL error for good measure, where $link is the resource identifier
// for mysql_connect. Comment out or modify for your database or abstraction setup.
global $link;
$sql_error=mysql_error($link);
if($sql_error){
$message.="\nMysql Messages:\n".mysql_error($link);
}
// End MySQL
// Could use a recursive function here. You get the idea ;-)
foreach($defined_vars as $key=>$val){
if(is_array($val) && !in_array($key,$ignorelist) && count($val) > 0){
$message.="\n$key array (key=value):\n";
foreach($val as $subkey=>$subval){
if(!in_array($subkey,$ignorelist) && !is_array($subval)){
$message.=$subkey." = ".$subval."\n";
}
elseif(!in_array($subkey,$ignorelist) && is_array($subval)){
foreach($subval as $subsubkey=>$subsubval){
if(!in_array($subsubkey,$ignorelist)){
$message.=$subsubkey." = ".$subsubval."\n";
}
}
}
}
}
elseif(!is_array($val) && !in_array($key,$ignorelist) && $val){
$message.="\nVariable ".$key." = ".$val."\n";
}
}
if($method=="browser"){
echo nl2br($message);
}
elseif($method=="email"){
if($email=="undefined"){
$email=$_SERVER["SERVER_ADMIN"];
}
$mresult=mail($email,"Debug Report for ".$_ENV["HOSTNAME"]."",$message);
if($mresult==1){
echo "Debug Report sent successfully.\n";
}
else{
echo "Failed to send Debug Report.\n";
}
}
}
?>
SyCo ¶
15 years ago
Here's a very simple function for debugging. It's far from perfect but I find it very handy. It outputs the var value and the var name on a new line. The problem is it'll echo any vars and their name if they share the same value. No big deal when debugging and saves the hassle of writing the HTML and var name when echoing a variable. (ev=echo variable). Using get_defined_vars() inside a function renames the var name to the functions variable so isn't as useful for debugging. Of course, you'll need access to the $GLOBALS array
<?
function ev($variable){
foreach($GLOBALS as $key => $value){
if($variable===$value){
echo '<p>'.$key.' - '.$value.'</p>';
}
}
}
$a=0;
ev($a);
$b=0;
ev($b);
$c=0;
ev($c);
?>
Will output
a - 0
a - 0
b - 0
a - 0
b - 0
c - 0
jgettys at gnuvox dot com ¶
22 years ago
Simple routine to convert a get_defined_vars object to XML.
<?php
function obj2xml($v, $indent='') {
while (list($key, $val) = each($v)) {
if ($key == '__attr') continue;
// Check for __attr
if (is_object($val->__attr)) {
while (list($key2, $val2) = each($val->__attr)) {
$attr .= " $key2=\"$val2\"";
}
}
else $attr = '';
if (is_array($val) || is_object($val)) {
print("$indent<$key$attr>\n");
obj2xml($val, $indent.' ');
print("$indent</$key>\n");
}
else print("$indent<$key$attr>$val</$key>\n");
}
}
//Example object
$x->name->first = "John";
$x->name->last = "Smith";
$x->arr['Fruit'] = 'Bannana';
$x->arr['Veg'] = 'Carrot';
$y->customer = $x;
$y->customer->__attr->id='176C4';
$z = get_defined_vars();
obj2xml($z['y']);
?>
will output:
<customer id="176C4">
<name>
<first>John</first>
<last>Smith</last>
</name>
<arr>
<Fruit>Bannana</Fruit>
<Veg>Carrot</Veg>
</arr>
</customer>
nix dot code at 4assistance dot com dot nix ¶
2 years ago
Insert this at point of interest; add keys of unwanted 1st dim variables to 2nd param of array_diff_key
<?php
echo '<pre>defined_except '; var_dump (array_diff_key (get_defined_vars(), ['GLOBALS'=>0,'_SERVER'=>0])); echo ' '.basename(__FILE__).':'.__LINE__.'</pre>'; #die;
?>
antonfedonyuk at gmail dot com ¶
3 years ago
NOTE: when you call code by eval() PHP append self vars to result, they have "__" prefix ("__source_code" and "__bootstrap_file" in PHP 7.3).
Fix:
<?php
function filter_eval_vars(array $vars): array
{
foreach ($vars as $key => $value) {
if ($key[0] === '_' && $key[1] === '_') {
unset($vars[$key]);
}
}
return $vars;
}
?>
npelov at croler dot net ¶
3 years ago
get_defined_vars() returns all variables - locally defined vars and global vars (well actually only super globals). If you need local vars only - for example you need to get variables from a file - let's say config.php and you don't want a missing value to be replaced with a global defined somewhere else.
<?php
/**
* Filters out global vars from get_defined_vars() in order to get local vars only
* @param array $localVars pass get_defined_vars() here
*
* @return array local vars only
*/
function removeGlobals(array $localVars) {
return array_diff_key($localVars, $GLOBALS);
}
define('CONFIG_FILE_PATH', '/path/to/config.php');
function readConfig() {
require CONFIG_FILE_PATH;
$config = removeGlobals(get_defined_vars());
return $config;
}
?>
Joey ¶
5 years ago
I posted here before about "this" being in get_defined_vars.
It turns out it's not always there but in certain cases it will inexplicably appear.
php -r '
class Test {
public function a() {var_dump(array_keys(get_defined_vars()));$a = 123;}
public function b() {var_dump(array_keys(get_defined_vars()));$this;}
}
$t = new Test();
$t->a();
$t->b();
'
array()
array('this')
This does not happen in PHP 7.2 but will happen in PHP 5.6.
Joey ¶
5 years ago
Some comments here point out that this function wont return references. It does however return names and names are "references".
I would not recommend the suggestions here that convert it to references.
Instead...
public function x($a, $b, $c) {
foreach(array_keys(get_defined_vars()) as $key)
if($key !== 'this')
$this->y(${$key});
}
public function y(&$input) {
$input++;
}
Instead of ${} you can also use $$.
I have done some whacky things in my time to make extremely generic code but I've never had to do anything like the above. It might not even work (but should since it's no different to $a[$key]).
You could also do $$key++ but I've never seen code like that which wasn't horrifically bad (using dynamic where dynamic isn't beneficial).
If you're doing something like that then give it additional scrutiny.
donovan at example dot com ¶
15 years ago
As a note, get_defined_vars() does not return a set of variable references (as I hoped). For example:
<?php
// define a variable
$my_var = "foo";
// get our list of defined variables
$defined_vars = get_defined_vars();
// now try to change the value through the returned array
$defined_vars["my_var"] = "bar";
echo $my_var, "\n";
?>
will output "foo" (the original value). It'd be nice if get_defined_vars() had an optional argument to make them references, but I imagine its a rather specialized request. You can do it yourself (less conveniently) with something like:
<?php
$defined_vars = array();
$var_names = array_keys(get_defined_vars());
foreach ($var_names as $var_name)
{
$defined_vars[$var_name] =& $$var_name;
}
?>
Anonymous ¶
12 years ago
get_defined_vars() returns ALL the vars (in the current scope), what if you just want all YOUR vars, not PHP's super-globals?
<?php
var_export(array_diff(get_defined_vars(), array(array())));
?>
Example...
<?php
$TOP_LEVEL_VAR=1;
var_export(array_diff(get_defined_vars(), array(array())));
?>
The output (with register_globals off) should be...
array (
'TOP_LEVEL_VAR' => 1,
)
...it perfectly eliminated all the super-globals, without me having to specify them! (note with register_globals on, the output includes those globals, then TOP_LEVEL_VAR).
Here it is, as a function...(it's the best I could do {I can't call get_defined_vars() inside get_user_defined_vars() cuz of the scope issue}).
<?php
header('Content-type: text/plain');
$TOP_LEVEL_VAR=1;
echo 'register_globals(';
echo ini_get('register_globals');
echo ') '.phpversion()."\n";
var_export(get_user_defined_vars(get_defined_vars()));
function get_user_defined_vars($vars) {
return array_diff($vars, array(array()));
}
?>
Note that originally I had an array of the super-globals I wanted removed from get_defined_vars()'s array, then I noticed even an empty double-array, array(array()), made it give me the correct result. Weird.
This was tested on PHP 5.2.9.
Johan de Vries ¶
13 years ago
Note that this only returns things you've used. See http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52110 . So don't expect this to have the $this entry, unless you assign $this to return $this.
Joey ¶
5 years ago
I occasionally use this as a hack to convert arguments to an array where terseness is needed (dealing with legacy code, etc).
However in an object context it'll also pull in $this.
Make sure to unset it. If you map it to properties or an array then setting the key this wont be an error.
I recommend using a wrapper function that strips this from the result.
istiaquealamjoy at gmail dot com ¶
6 years ago
for all those who don't know how to us this function. copy and run this code in your computer .
note: you need to know what superglobals are.....
<?php
$A = 5 ;
$B = 10 ;
$C = 15 ;
$D = 20 ;
$F = get_defined_vars($A);
var_dump($F); //don't use echo. it will show error
?>
Result : will show all superglobals status along with your defined
variables along with its values
meint at meint dot net ¶
13 years ago
Please be aware that function_get_vars only returns the variables defined at the point before you call the function_get_vars function, it does not scan the entire function for you, only the lines before you call it.
