RE: [PHP] Variable (naming them) Functions.

no, I knew that, my problem was generating functions with dynamic names. I solved it with a simple eval(), see my last post below; Thanks, Yasuo, Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer PHPBeginner.com (Where PHP Begins) maxim@phpbeginner.com www.phpbeginner.com -----Original Message----- From: Yasuo Ohgaki [mailto:yohgaki@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 3:27 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Variable (naming them) Functions. Variable functions? <?php foo () { echo 'this is foo'; } bar () { echo 'this is bar'; } $var = $HTTP_GET_VARS['fname']; $$var(); ?> http://localhost/some_script.php?fname=foo prints "this is foo"; http://localhost/some_script.php?fname=bar print "this is bar" Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki "Maxim Maletsky" <maxim.maletsky@japaninc.net> wrote in message news:DC017B079D81D411998C009027B7112A015ED16A@EXC-TYO-01... > Hello everyone: > > I was wondering, does anyone of you know a method to declare a function > (give it a name) basing on a value acquired during run time? > > I tried using the syntax as of a variable function call: > > > <snip> > > $fname = 'hello'; > function { sprintf("%s", $fname) }($arg='') { > Return "I named you : $fname"; > } > echo $fname($fname); > # no luck... > > > function {$fname}($arg='') { .... > # nope... > > > function $fname($arg='') { .... > # neither... > > </snip> > > and so on... all parse errors... > > > > Any way to do it? > > I am looping an array with some function names checking if a function was > declared already, and if not then declare, if yes - give a different name. > > I also went through these bibles: > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.funchand.php > <http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.funchand.php> > but found nothing that helps. > > Thanks in advance, > Sincerely, > > Maxim Maletsky > Founder, Chief Developer > PHPBeginner.com (Where PHP Begins) > maxim@phpbeginner.com <mailto:maxim@phpbeginner.com> > www.phpbeginner.com <http://www.phpbeginner.com> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net