user defined function: TextBox()

hi.. i have a function called TextBox() and its supposed to be used in a form.. function TextBox($label, $name, $value, $maxsize, $size){ echo "$label <input type=text name=$name>"; } it is used like this: TextBox("Email", "email", ...); 1. how would i make this function into a variable arguement list function.. i want it to take any number of variables or arguements 2. giving this function can take any number of arguements how would you tell the function to ignore any variables in the function body to be ignored if not used.. i.e. if i have $label and $name used: TextBox("Email", "email"); then how would i have $size $maxsize $value and so on ignored but the function work the way its supposed to work...? overall how would the best way to write this be since i wont know how many arguements a person will want to use but using at least the required min and that would be $name also was considering overloading it to mean also a textarea but dont think thats possible... if possible how would i do that? tnx