Changing a global variable from inside a function PHP

I am trying to change a variable that is outside of a function, from within a function. Because if the date that the function is checking is over a certain amount I need it to change the year for the date in the beginning of the code.

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(){
     if("Condition"){
            $var = "01-01-11";
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}

A. Use the global keyword to import from the application scope.

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(){
    global $var;  
    if("Condition"){
        $var = "01-01-11";
    }
}
checkdate();

B. Use the $GLOBALS array.

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(){
    if("Condition"){
        $GLOBALS['var'] = "01-01-11";
    }
}
checkdate();

C. Pass the variable by reference.

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(&$funcVar){  
    if("Condition"){
        $funcVar = "01-01-11";
    }
}
checkdate($var);

Just use the global keyword like so:

$var = "01-01-10";
function checkdate(){
     global $var;

     if("Condition"){
            $var = "01-01-11";
      }
}

Any reference to that variable will be to the global one then.

All the answers here are good, but... are you sure you want to do this?

Changing global variables from within functions is generally a bad idea, because it can very easily cause spaghetti code to happen, wherein variables are being changed all over the system, functions are interdependent on each other, etc. It's a real mess.

Please allow me to suggest a few alternatives:

1) Object-oriented programming

2) Having the function return a value, which is assigned by the caller.

e.g. $var = checkdate();

3) Having the value stored in an array that is passed into the function by reference

function checkdate(&$values) { if (condition) { $values["date"] = "01-01-11"; } }

Hope this helps.

Try this pass by reference

  $var = "01-01-10";
    function checkdate(&$funcVar){  
        if("Condition"){
            $funcVar = "01-01-11";
        }
    }
    checkdate($var);

or Try this same as the above, keeping the function as same.

 $var = "01-01-10";
    function checkdate($funcVar){  
        if("Condition"){
            $funcVar = "01-01-11";
        }
    }
    checkdate(&$var);