Re: Re: PHP & XML

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > >Guys, relax. No, this does not work. The only reason your example works > > >is because min() is a built-in PHP function already. > > > > > > > man now i am crushed... i knew it wouldn't work - that's why i never > > tried. i was so amazed when i tried that i must have been blind to the fact > > that i chose a bad example... > > > > has anyone every thought of adding such a thing? the dev team can surely > > appreciate it because #defined macros are all over the php source. > > You can use create_function() to do something like that. See > http://php.net/create_function > > Or simply make a function. The point of macros in a language like C is > that they are processed before compilation and a real function call is > avoided. This does not apply to a non-compiled language like PHP so there > is no reason not to simply create a PHP-level function if you want > something like that. You mean a non-precompiled language like PHP. Technically speaking, PHP has been compiling for a while. - Stig