note 61486 modified in language.functions by levim

This is a way of formatting different strings with different mandatory functions and is especially useful when processing form data or outputting database fields using structured configuration files: <?php function format_string($string,$functions) { $funcs = explode(",",$functions); foreach ($funcs as $func) { if (function_exists($func)) { $string = $func($string); } } return $string; } echo format_string(" <b> this is a test </b>", "strip_tags,strtoupper,trim"); // outputs "THIS IS A TEST" ?> --was-- This is a way of formatting different strings with different mandatory functions and is especially useful when processing form data or outputting database fields using structured configuration files: <? function format_string($string,$functions) { $funcs = explode(",",$functions); foreach ($funcs as $func) { if (function_exists($func)) $string = $func($string); } return $string; } echo format_string(" <b> this is a test </b>","strip_tags,strtoupper,trim"); // outputs "THIS IS A TEST" ?> http://php.net/manual/en/language.functions.php