Re: How can I use a function's default arguments but change one of the end ones in the list?

""Boyd, Todd M."" <tmboyd1@ccis.edu> wrote in message news:33BDE0B2C17EEF46ACBE00537CF2A19003D075E5@EXCHCLUSTER.ccis.edu... > -----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 I don't remember what it was I was using, but I remember a lang that allowed func(,,,,,,,change,,,change) where all the empty comas just went to default. *shrug*