Hi,

I'm developping a little web application where I parse a xml file to feed my database. And, of course, while my script is working I would like that no one else can launch it again. So I've through about having a global variable that tells wether or not the script is already running. Something like :

   function parse(){
          $GLOBALS['running'] = TRUE;
          //parse document
   }

The problem is, it seems that my global is unsetted when the page is reloaded : a second user coming to the page always get the $GLOBALS['running'] to false !!!

I've also tried with :

   var running = FALSE;
   function parse(){
             define('running',TRUE)
             //parse document
   }

and other variations, and still can't get it working.

Is there a special way to handle globals in Akelos that I shoud be aware of ?

Thanks for your help.

Isn't it the point of superglobals in php to get around that 'stateless' whole things ?

I mean, when I use $_SESSION, I just absolutly do not worry about how my server register the data (wheter it is a file on the server, a coockie on the client or in the database).

I don't find the php.net page about $GLOBALS (http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.globals.php) realy clear, but I just assumed it was the same.

So I just don't understand why I can't assign a value to my global variable in one page, and retrive this value in an other.

Well, then I'm coming to the question : how can I declare a variable in global scope with Akelos ?