Re: 'undef' as an argument value

From: Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 01:00:34 +0000
Subject: Re: 'undef' as an argument value
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function foo( $arg1, $arg2 = null ) { .. as before .. } -- Alan McFarlane Rodent Of Unusual Size <Ken.Coar@Golux.Com> wrote in message news:3C8D1ED4.2E1C8C48@Golux.Com... > An odd request.. I want to have optional function arguments > that *aren't* defined unless values are explicitly passed. Sorta > the equivalent of > > function foo($arg1_required, $arg2_optional=undef) > if (isset($arg2_optional)) { > print "explicit"; > } > else { > print "not passed"; > } > } > > Something like this is possible in Perl through the 'undef' > construct; is anything like this available in PHP? > -- > #ken P-)} > > Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ > Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ > > "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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