PHP Superglobals — Built-in variables that are always available in all scopes

Description

Several predefined variables in PHP are “superglobals”, which means they are available in all scopes throughout a script. There is no need to do global $variable; to access them within functions or methods.

These superglobal variables are:

• $GLOBALS
• $_SERVER
• $_GET
• $_POST
• $_FILES
• $_COOKIE
• $_SESSION
• $_REQUEST
• $_ENV

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