Fw: [PHP] Feature?

Let this be last message in the thread. Thanks for the examples! I'll wait for PHP5. There is a possibility that this feature will be in. Have fun Andrey Hristov IcyGEN Corporation http://www.icygen.com BALANCED SOLUTIONS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <php@alister.dnsalias.com> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Feature? > > > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:36:57 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >>> <?php > > >>> function foo($p) { echo $p['fred'] . $p['banana']; > > >>> } > > >>> foo(array('fred' => 'hello', 'banana' => > > >>> 'world')); > > >>> ?> > > > > >> Yeap, I know that. I thought about this bit of hack but this breaks the > > >> conception on giving parameters. Also this trick cannot > > >> solve the problem with default parameters. If I have function with 5 > > >> params and all of them have default values and I want to pass > > >> value only to the second parameter what I have to do? > > > > >Maybe this? A bit verbose, but functional. > > ><?php > > >function foo($p) > > >{ > > > if (empty($p['fred'])) > > > $p['fred'] = 'hello'; // same for banana > > > echo $p['fred'] . $p['banana']; > > >} > > >foo(array('fred' => 'hello', 'banana' => > > >'world')); > > >?> > > >steve > > > > I'm not keen on adding lots of multi-line if statements - I prefer tp > > put things into arrays where I can. Easier to update them. > > > > <?php > > function foo($p) > > { > > $foodefault = array( // prefix matching the name in 'extract' > > 'foo_fred'=> '<strong>default fred</strong>', > > 'foo_banana' => '<strong>default > > bananananana</strong>', > > ); > > extract ($p, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, 'foo'); // get params > > extract ($foodefault, EXTR_SKIP, "foo"); // get defaults > > echo "$foo_fred / $foo_banana"; > > } > > echo "Both in place: "; > > foo(array('fred' => 'hello', 'banana' => > > 'world')); > > echo "<br /> Now with a missing param: "; > > foo(array('fred' => 'hello')); > > echo "<br /> Now both missing params: "; > > foo(array()); > > ?> > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > >