Stupid function problem

[Joss]

There are times when I think I am going mad.

I have been trying to get a very simple function to work, but I am having trouble passing a variable.

So I have simplified the function to the point of silly but it still does not work.

All I have in it is a word and a variable - the variable is from outside the function.

I have tried:

$firstline = "please say";

function localSidebarText($firstline) {

    echo $firstline;
    echo "hello";
}
localSidebarText();
 

 

and I have tried:

 

$firstline = "please say";

function localSidebarText() {
global $firstline;

    echo $firstline;
    echo "hello";
}
localSidebarText();
 

 

 

And all it outputs is the word "Hello"

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

 

Joss (who is having a really bad night when it comes to anything PW/php shaped)

[Joss]

ignore me, I think I have worked it out

[Soma]

localSidebarText($firstline);

[Joss]

Yeah, that was the bit I just realised

Just for interest, how can I put $page->title in the function brackets without breaking them?

Like

 function localSidebarText($page->title)

or do I have to always convert them first?

[Soma]

Use wire("page")->title if inside scope of a sn.. ERR function.

Or with giving it through function call.

[Joss]

Okay