Req #51855 [Com]: Optional tuning parameter for get_defined_functions and get_defined_constants

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51855&edit=1 ID: 51855 Comment by: andreas at dqxtech dot net Reported by: a at b dot c dot de Summary: Optional tuning parameter for get_defined_functions and get_defined_constants Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5.3.2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71903&thanks=4 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-19 02:04:25] a at b dot c dot de Oh, one other thing ... the optional parameter to get_defined_constants() would be of type mixed: give it true and it behaves as it does currently, give it a string and it will restrict its results to the extension with the given name. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-19 02:02:51] a at b dot c dot de Description: ------------ get_defined_constants() offers an optional parameter which, when passed true, categorises the constants by extension. get_defined_functions() returns a list of function names categorised by whether they are "user" or "internal". Both could benefit from being able to specify an actual category, instead of just that the returned list be categorised. For example, get_defined_functions('internal') would return a one-dimensional numerically-indexed array of internally-defined functions. It's mainly for convenience: avoiding the extra variable, and depending on the internals some work collating the data. Since the list of extensions is so variable from configuration to configuration, it would be infeasible to define("DEFINED_CONSTANTS_PCRE", "pcre") and so forth. If the syntax engine could be convinced then this suggestion would be redundant, since it could then be achieved as get_defined_functions()['internal']. Test script: --------------- print_r(get_defined_functions('internal')); Equivalent to: $functions = get_defined_functions(); print_r($functions['internal']); Expected result: ---------------- Array( [0] => zend_version [1] => func_num_args [2] => func_get_arg [3] => func_get_args [4] => strlen .... ) Actual result: -------------- A Warning is triggered stating that get_defined_functions() expects exactly 0 parameters, not the 1 that it was given. print_r() outputs null. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51855&edit=1