Re: function with argument of type array
| From: | André Medeiros | Date: | Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:10:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: function with argument of type array | ||
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On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 12:45 +0100, Marcus Bointon wrote:
> On 28 Jul 2005, at 12:07, André Medeiros wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 11:08 +0200, marc serra wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, i want to know if it is possible to create a function and declare
> >> that one of its arguments is array type.
> >>
> >> In fact i want to do something like this
> >>
> >> function test(String $litteral, array $foo){
> >
> > There is no way to do that. What you _CAN_ do, to ensure you're
> > getting
> > an array is:
>
> There IS a way to do exactly this. It's called type hinting and it's
> a PHP 5 feature:
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.typehinting.php
>
> Marcus
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>
Wow... didn't have a clue it was possible already! Seems as if it's
still a feature under development (only arrays and classes), but they're
on the good way :)