It could be, but then you would have two spaces in between the 2nd and 3rd "blah", instead of just the one space. But, depending on your actual application, this may work out.
-----Original Message----- From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 10:41 AM To: Arpad Tamas; Richard S. Crawford; sunny AT wde; php Subject: Re: [PHP] how do i give optional arguments to functions?? > On Wednesday 24 October 2001 19:14, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > The default value for $image parameter was missing: > > > function top ($image="defaultvalue") { > > if ($image=="defaultvalue") echo "blah blah blah"; > > else echo "blah blah $image blah"; > > } If the default value can be set to an empty string can the if statement then be removed? function top ($image="") { echo "blah blah $image blah"; } - watch those spaces (if they're present in live data)! =dn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
