RE: [PHP] How can I use a function's default arguments but change one of the end ones in the list?
| From: | Boyd, Todd M. | Date: | Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:31:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] How can I use a function's default arguments but change one of the end ones in the list? | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:daevid@daevid.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 2:26 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] How can I use a function's default arguments but
> change one of the end ones in the list?
>
> On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 14:10 +1300, German Geek wrote:
>
> > I've thought about this problem before but couldn't think of a
> > solution either.
>
>
> Well, I guess I *did* think of a solution, it just happens that PHP
> doesn't do "the logical thing"(tm)
>
> ;-)
>
> I would hope the PHP developers would implement this idea for a future
> version. The concept is simple, just specify which parameters in the
> function call you want to change and leave the others as their
default.
>
> I've added it here: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47331
> with comments
> about similar/related bugs.
>
> Feel free to vote on this. I think it's a necessary addition to the
> language and often a source of frustration for me in large projects
> especially where functions get older and older and more parameters are
> needed to maintain backwards compatibility yet get new functionality
> too.
Just tell 'em that .NET already has it; that'll light a fire under them!
:D
C# can do function calls like:
FunctionName(VariableName:=Value);
I wholeheartedly prefer PHP to .NET for most things... but you've got to
admit--that's a pretty slick feature. Me likey.
// Todd