Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=12712&edit=1
ID: 12712
Comment by: giecrilj at stegny dot 2a dot pl
Reported by: martin at semester dot sk
Summary: named function parameters
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Windows 2000
PHP Version: 4.0.6
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
There is no need to change the function declaration.
Consider this syntax:
printhello (bold => true, name => 'Martin');
and let the compiler translate it to
printhello ('Martin', true)
given the traditional declaration.
Previous Comments:
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[2008-08-27 08:37:51] coder at muctr dot edu dot ru
Would like to add the reason.
In medium to big projects (when many developers are involved) this
feature could be of a great help. Because the code could be written in
self-documenting manner.
E.g. compare
$html = formatSomeData( $data, true, false, true, 10 );
to
$html = formatSomeData( entity_x: $data, italic: true, bold: false,
monospace: true, fontSize: 10 );
In the second case one doesn't have to search for formatSomeData()
definition to start using it.
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[2002-04-28 19:45:37] j...@php.net
rewrote summary.
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[2001-08-13 04:05:59] martin at semester dot sk
Good day. It is not a really bug report but a little suggestion for new
PHP relase. I'll be good thing to add to PHP
language ability to create functions with named parameters like in
Visual Basic. For example:
//Classic function:
function printhello($name, $bold = false, $italic = false)
{
$ret = "Hello $name!"
if ($bold)
$ret = "<strong>$ret</strong>";
if ($italic)
$ret = "<em>$ret</em>";
echo $ret;
}
//Suggested function:
function printhello(name: $name, fat: $bold = false, emphased: $italic =
false)
{
// same body as above ...
}
This new function could be called like: printhello("Martin", true);
or like new: printhello(fat: true, name: "Martin");
Thank you.
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