From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating system: WIN98/APACHE1.3.19 PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: problem with function definitions <?php $foo = 'foo'; function showvar( $bar = $foo ) { //global $foo //doesn't work either echo $bar; } showvar(); showvar('bar'); ?> gives me a parse error on line 3:( also: <?php $foo = 'foo'; function returnvar() { global $foo; return $foo; } function whatisvar( $bar = returnvar() ) { echo $bar; } ?> gives me this: Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' in c:/path/to/script/test.php on line 9 Should work, shouldn't it? -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=13315&edit=1 -- PHP Development 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]