superglobal

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noun

Any of a set of special predefined variables that can be accessed at any point in a program without the need to be explicitly declared as global.

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Meanings

nounsuperglobal (plural superglobals)

plural superglobals

  1. computingAny of a set of special predefined variables that can be accessed at any point in a program without the need to be explicitly declared as global.

    These superglobals contain data that is mostly related to requests, but they also contain some server information and running PHP script file information as well. The most frequently used superglobals are the $_SERVER, $_SESSION, $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, and $_FILES variables.

    2019, Alexandru Busuioc et al., The PHP Workshop: Learn to build interactive applications and kickstart your career as a web developer, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 266

Origin

From super- + global.

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