#23439 [NEW]: Allow default values to be passed for functions

From: steveh at brendata dot co dot uk Operating system: linux 2.4.20 PHP version: 4.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Allow default values to be passed for functions It would be useful to be able to omit function arguments and have the function still use the defaults even though some to the right were passed: e.g. function fred ($a,$b=1,$c=2,$d=3) { echo "a=$a,b=$b,c=$c,d=$d"; } fred(-1); fred(-1,,4,5); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23439&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23439&r=gnused