Why does the global value not work in the functions file?

Hello,

I have been pulling my hair out trying to fix this, I want to be able to give the user options to choose how many widget areas there are, but I cannot pull the value in from the options into the functions file using the global method you have provided.

My code –

function everything_widgets_init() {

	global $redux_builder_chaz1993;
	
	$totalCol = $redux_demo['opt-layout'];
	$colCount = 1;
	
	while ( $colCount <= $totalCol ):
		
		register_sidebar( array(
			'name'          => esc_html__( 'Home Box - Column ' . $colCount, 'everything' ),
			'id'            => 'column-' . $colCount,
			'description'   => esc_html__( 'Add widgets here.', 'everything' ),
			'before_widget' => '<section id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
			'after_widget'  => '</section>',
			'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
			'after_title'   => '</h2>',
		) );
		
		$colCount++;
	
	endwhile;
	
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'everything_widgets_init' );

It does what I need when I change $totalCol to 4, which is the highest value it can be, how can I get the option setting working here within the functions file?

I haven’t got a massive amount of knowledge with PHP so can’t seem to figure this one out 🙁

Any help would be awesome!!!

Thanks