Global variable in plugin main file

[rilwis]

In the main plugin file, if we declare a variable, it will be used as a global variable in WordPress.

This might lead to conflict for global variable names.

The code is in wp-settings.php file.

A simple fix is creating a function to load a plugin and include main plugin file inside that function. So the scope is function scope, not global scope.

[rilwis]

Proposed patch

[mukesh27]

@rilwis Just create new function to include plugin file is solve the issue you have created? also you have added @return void in your patch 45861.patch​ that do not needed as function does not return any return value.

Needs to wait for code developer reply on this ticket

[rilwis]

@mukesh27 Yes, using a function to include plugin files makes the variables available in the function scope only, which means they're not available in the global scope.

Using @return void is a valid (it's recommended but not a must) since it's the recommended way to tell developers that the function does not return anything.