Re: builtin functions / constructs

"Hartmut Holzgraefe" <hartmut@six.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3ABB4AC0.7D5952D1@six.de... > Stefan Livieratos wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > "Cynic" <cynic@mail.cz> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > > news:5.0.0.25.2.20010322195754.02374c88@mail.cz... > > > Is there a way to get names of available "language constructs" > > > in a PHP program? I mean, I don't think there's currently > > > a way a PHP script can know if e. g. zend_version() is available > > > (other than function_exists( 'zend_version' ), that is). > > > Is something along get_builtin_constructs() possible? > > > > Take a look at get_defined_functions(), > > > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-defined-functions.php . > > does this return things like unset()? > no it doesn't! > > there's a difference between builtin functions and language constructs You are right of course. I was misled by the example Cynic used. On the other hand I don't know how useful a function that returns all language constructs would be. Could someone give me an example for using such a function in a sensible way? -- Stefan Livieratos stefan@livieratos.com http://www.ferry24.de