Re: function by reference

<?php function foo { echo "Hi";} $bar = 'foo'; $bar(); ?> On Sun, April 9, 2006 1:17 pm, tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > Not that I have an immediate need for this, but in other languages > one can access a function by reference (in other words, it's address > -- such as call(function address) ). > > In php, one can pass a variable by reference by simply using the > ampersand, such a &$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? > > Thanks > > tedd > > --- Rob's suggestion follows. > > Like the following? > > <?php > > function f_a() > { > echo 'a'; > } > > function f_b() > { > echo 'b'; > } > > function f_c() > { > echo 'c'; > } > > $map = array > ( > 'a' => 'f_a', > 'b' => 'f_b', > 'c' => 'f_c', > ); > > $map['a'](); > $map['b'](); > $map['c'](); > > ?> > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://sperling.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm