How can the scope of variables affect the instantiation of classes in PHP, and what workarounds are available?

When variables are defined outside of a class in PHP, they are considered global variables and may not be accessible within the class. To solve this issue, you can use the "global" keyword within the class to access the global variable. Alternatively, you can pass the variable as a parameter when instantiating the class. 

// Global variable
$globalVar = "Hello";

class MyClass {
    public function printGlobalVar() {
        global $globalVar;
        echo $globalVar;
    }
}

// Instantiate the class and access the global variable
$myClass = new MyClass();
$myClass->printGlobalVar();

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