From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: All
PHP version: 4.2.0
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Omitting defaulted arguments
This is an enhancement request for about the only thing that I can think of
offhand that exists in VB that I really miss in PHP:
I would like to be able to declare, say,
function myFunc ($arg0, $arg1="One", $arg2="Two", $arg3=3)
and call it thusly: myFunc ("Hi", , "Mom")
In other words, if I omit an argument to a function where the value is
defaulted (in our example we are talking about position 1, in addition to
position 3), PHP should take the default value instead of complaining. Of
course I can always figure out what the default value was in the first
place by checking the function definition and plunking it into my call
explicitely, but isn't this the same convenience that the current method
tries to offer us? This is just a proposal to extend it.
Motivation: This comes up frequently for me because I have several
functions which take 3 parameters which are normally defaulted, and
usually at most one varies. So unless it's the first of the three, I have
to fill in extra values that distract from what's going on.
Thanks for considering this,
Csaba Gabor
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17076&edit=1
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=needtrace
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17076&r=globals
