Re: Understanding code.. again

From: Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:08:55 +0000
Subject: Re: Understanding code.. again
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Jeff McKeon wrote:
Function Showmessage($msgvar = null) { echo $msgvar; } ?> --snip-- What is the purpose in the function def of "($msgvar = null)"?? Why not just "function showmessage($msgvar)"??
That sets a default value for $msgvar so you can call the function without an argument and it will not raise an error. - Brad

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