PHP 4.0 Bug #5350 Updated: call_function("function_name", array args); ala execv()

ID: 5350 Updated by: cynic Reported By: drago@0x00.org Old-Status: Analyzed Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Assigned To: Comments: call_user_func_array() Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-15 10:45:19] waldschrott@php.net that possibly makes sense, you´ve currently no option but using eval() to transorm passed array args to an argument list... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-07-04 15:02:07] drago@0x00.org I am looking to use this with existing PHP functions, not user space ones. Specifically I would like to use this with ibase_execute() for the bindings. I am writting a little database wrapper and I need to be able to do... $res=DB("select * from Foo where bar=?", $reallygeeky); and that arg list is of variable length so I want to be able to do my custom stuff in DB() then toss the args in an array and call ibase_execute. I have it working as it is, but it is ugly. Right now I am building up eval() code and having it return the resource into a global var. Its ugly :) Would be much easier if I could just build up an array and call call_function("ibase_execute", $theargs); --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-07-04 10:36:23] stas@cvs.php.net What prevents you from doing: $func(array("foo", "bar", "geek")) and opening that array in function? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-07-04 04:53:47] drago@0x00.org $args=array("foo", "bar", "geek"); call_function("f", $args); function f($f1, $f2, $f3) { echo "$f1 $f2 $f3"; } Output: foo bar geek --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=5350