PHP user defined finctions inside for each loops

Asked Dec 05 '19 at 19:55

Active Dec 08 '19 at 16:59

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I'm struggling with something basic here. Can someone explain why I can't call this function and display the code in the browser? The code will output fine when not inside the function.

I'm getting the data from a curl call and using json.I

<?php
curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
// curl info
));
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
$data = json_decode($response,true);

function person() {
    foreach($data['Appointments'] as $person){
    echo "<span>" . $person['FullName'] . "</span><br>";
    echo "<span>" . $person['DateTimeOfBirth'] . "</span><br>";
    }
 }

 person(); // call the function
?>

edited Dec 08 '19 at 16:59

Félix Adriyel Gagnon-Grenier

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asked Dec 05 '19 at 19:55

ultrarun

https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php – AbraCadaver Dec 05 '19 at 19:56
use `global $data;` inside the function – Anatoliy R Dec 05 '19 at 19:58
Thanks, unsure how I would use that in this instance. I'm struggling to understand the PHP doc hence my post that was closed within seconds – ultrarun Dec 05 '19 at 20:05
@AnatoliyR: NO! Why? Just pass it in. – AbraCadaver Dec 05 '19 at 20:17
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`function person($data) {` then `person($data);` The first answer to duplicate covers it. – AbraCadaver Dec 05 '19 at 20:18
@AbraCadaver - perfect thanks! – ultrarun Dec 05 '19 at 20:26
Hey @ultrarun. I have rolled back your edit to your question, because the *answer* should not go into the *question*. The state of a question should be unresolved. – Félix Adriyel Gagnon-Grenier Dec 08 '19 at 17:00

PHP user defined finctions inside for each loops

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