Pass PHP variable created in one function to another

Question

I am using wordpress and woocommerce ( an e-commerce plugin) to customize a shopping cart. Within my functions.php I am storing data in a variable like so:

add_action( 'woocommerce_before_calculate_totals', 'add_custom_price' );

function add_custom_price( $cart_object ) {
    foreach ( $cart_object->cart_contents as $key => $value ) {
        $newVar = $value['data']->price;
    }
}

I need to be able to use $newVar in a different function so I can echo the result on a different area of the page. For instance, if I had the following function, how would I use $newVar within it?

add_action( 'another_area', 'function_name' );

function function_name() {
    echo $newVar;
}

How can I do this?

Answer 1

You could make the variable global:

function add_custom_price( $cart_object ) {
    global $newVar;
    foreach ( $cart_object->cart_contents as $key => $value ) {
        $newVar = $value['data']->price;
    }
}

function function_name() {
    global $newVar;
    echo $newVar;
}

Or, if $newVar is already available in the global scope you could do:

function function_name($newVar) {
    echo $newVar;
}

// Add the hook
add_action( 'another_area', 'function_name' );

// Trigger the hook with the $newVar;
do_action('another_area', $newVar);

Answer 2

Any reason why you can't call your function from within your foreach loop?

function add_custom_price( $cart_object ) {
    foreach ( $cart_object->cart_contents as $key => $value ) {
        $newVar = $value['data']->price;
        function_name($newVar);
    }
}