Remember, You *can* make certain values in a function optional. Place them
on the right side of the arg list and give them a default value, like:
function myFunction(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "foo", arg4 = "bar") {
... function guts ...
}
Hope that helps.
Mike Frazer
"Mike Eheler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> PHP doesn't support that.
>
> Dunno if it plans to, either.
>
> There are workarounds.. can't remember exactly how it's done, but I
> think I saw it on phpbuilder.com in a tutorial somewhere.
>
> Mike
>
> Marc Swanson wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this is a known feature in php.. but the following code
will
> > generate this warning: Warning: Missing argument 2 for foo() in
> > /raid/htdocs/test.php on line 7
> > -----------------
> > <?
> > class Foo {
> > function Foo($bar) {
> > // no argument constructor
> > echo "One argument Constructor.\n<br>\n";
> > }
> > function Foo($bar,$baz) {
> > // one argument constructor
> > echo "Two argument constructor.\n<br>\n";
> > }
> > }
> >
> > $foo = new Foo("foobared constructor");
> > ?>
> > ---------------------
> > while simply swapping the functions around removes the warning
> >
> > ---------------------
> > <?
> > class Foo {
> > function Foo($bar,$baz) {
> > // one argument constructor
> > echo "Two argument constructor.\n<br>\n";
> > }
> > function Foo($bar) {
> > // no argument constructor
> > echo "One argument Constructor.\n<br>\n";
> > }
> >
> > }
> > $foo = new Foo("foobared constructor");
> > ?>
> > ----------------------
> >
> >
> > This is running on php version 4.0.3pl1
> > Is it supposed to be this way for some reason or is this a bug? I
believe I
> > found that it happens with all functions within a class (not just
> > constructors).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> It is Fortune, not Wisdom, that rules man's life.
>
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