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php static variable

Using static variables

Another important feature of variable scoping is the static variable. A static variable exists only in a local function scope, but it does not lose its value when program execution leaves this scope.

<?php
function Test()
{
    static $a = 0;
    echo $a;
    $a++;
}
?>