Re: function by reference

On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 14:17, tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > Not that I have an immediate need for this, but in other languages > one can access a function by reference (in other words, it's address > -- such as call(function address) ). > > In php, one can pass a variable by reference by simply using the > ampersand, such a &$a. > > Is there a similar way to reference a function? > > Rob, was kind enough to post the following code, but I was looking > for something where I could store the function's address in a > variable. Something like: > > $a = &f_a(); > > And then, where I could use call_user_func($a); (or something > similar) and the function would do it's thing -- anything like that? It's the same thing for the most part... <?php $a = 'f_a'; call_user_func( $a, $p1, $p2, $p3 ) ?> Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'