Re: [RFC] skipping optional parameters

On 18/04/2012, at 10:54 AM, Stas Malyshev wrote: > Hi! > > One of the annoying things I've encountered in working with PHP was > dealing with functions having long optional parameter lists, especially > if you need to change only the last one - you have to copy all the > defaults. Full named params implementation would solve it, probably, but > before we have that here's an easier solution for part of the problem: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/skipparams > > Basically, it allows you to do this: > > create_query("deleted=0", "name",,, /*report_errors*/ true); > > Implementation of it is here: > https://github.com/smalyshev/php-src/tree/skip_params > All things described in RFC seem to be working, please tell me if I > forgot anything. If it's accepted I'll also add tests, etc. of course. Hi I like this proposal. One thing pops out at me though. Since func_num_args() won't be able to be used to see if an argument is set, could a func_isset_arg() be added? So something like: if(func_num_args() > 2) $value = func_get_arg(2); would become: if(func_isset_arg(2)) $value = func_get_arg(2); --- Simon Welsh