RE: [PHP] Using functions before they're defined
| From: | Ford, Mike [LSS] | Date: | Fri, 08 Feb 2002 18:06:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Using functions before they're defined | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Towell [mailto:martin.towell@world.net]
> Sent: 07 February 2002 22:17
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Using functions before they're defined
>
> I haven't looked at the php's source code, but maybe it's a
> two pass parser
> (??) first it gets all the functions then it executes the
> code ????????
Executing the code is not parsing!! Executing the code happens *after* it's been parsed. So,
yes, it's a two-stage process, but the stages are parsing and executing.
Cheers!
Mike
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