variable in function of view

[eluser]kgill[/eluser]
Ok I poked around and it appears that the values passed to the view in the data array aren't actually global. So either you drop the function idea (should it really be in a view anyway?) or you pass params or you do a really ugly hack:

Code:

global myNewVar;
myNewVar = $abcde;

function xxx()
{
global $myNewVar;
$yyy = $myNewVar;
}