func_get_arg
please note that optional parameters are not seen/passed by func_get_args(), as well as func_get_arg().
ex:
<?php
function testfunc($optional = 'this argument is optional..') {
$args = func_get_args();
var_dump($args);
echo $optional;
}
?>
test case #1:
testfunc('argument no longer optional..');
result for #1:
array(1) {
[0]=> string(20) "argument no longer optional.."
}
argument no longer optional..
test case #2:
testfunc('argument no longer optional..','this is an extra argument');
result for #2:
array(2) {
[0]=> string(29) "argument no longer optional.."
[1]=> string(25) "this is an extra argument"
}
argument no longer optional..
test case #3: -- RESULTS IN AN EMPTY ARRAY
testfunc();
result for #3:
array(0) {
}
this argument is optional..
func_get_args
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
func_get_args — Liefert Funktionsargumente als Array
Beschreibung
array func_get_args
( void
)
Liefert die der aufrufenden Funktion übergebenen Argumente als Array.
Die Funktion kann zusammen mit func_get_arg() und func_get_args() genutzt werden um Funktionen mit einer variablen Anzahl von Argumenten zu implementieren.
Rückgabewerte
Liefert ein Array mit Kopien aller Argumente mit denen die aufrufende Funktion aufgerufen wurde.
Changelog
| Version | Beschreibung |
|---|---|
| 5.3.0 | Diese Funktion kann nun auch in Parameterlisten genutzt werden. |
Fehler/Exceptions
Die Funktion generiert eine Warnung wenn sie außerhalb einer benutzerdefinierten Funktion aufgerufen wird.
Beispiele
Beispiel #1 func_get_args() Beispiel
<?php
function foo()
{
$numargs = func_num_args();
echo "Anzahl der Argumente: $numargs<br />\n";
if ($numargs >= 2) {
echo "Das zweite Argument ist: " . func_get_arg(1) . "<br />\n";
}
$arg_list = func_get_args();
for ($i = 0; $i < $numargs; $i++) {
echo "Argument $i ist: " . $arg_list[$i] . "<br />\n";
}
}
foo(1, 2, 3);
?>
Anmerkungen
Hinweis:
Da diese Funktion bei der Ermittlung der Parameterdetails von dem aktuellen Ausführungskontext abhängt, kann sie in PHP-Versionen vor 5.3.0 selbst nicht als Funktionsparameter genutzt werden. Wenn Sie ihre Ergebnisse tatsächlich weitergeben müssen, so müssen Sie diese zunächst einer Variablen zuweisen und dann diese Variable übergeben
Hinweis: This function returns a copy of the passed arguments only, and does not account for default (non-passed) arguments.
Siehe auch
- func_get_arg() - Liefert ein bestimmtes Funktionsargument
- func_num_args() - Liefert die Anzahl der an eine Funktion übergebenen Argumente
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User Contributed Notes
func_get_args
OpenTechnologist
30-Dec-2011 07:54
red
13-Oct-2011 01:16
I had to pass variable length arguments from one function to another. It seems the only way of doing this is to use call_user_func_array.
<?php
function query(/*query [, $arg1...$argN]*/){
$query = call_user_func_array('replaceAndClean', func_get_args());
$result = mysql_query($query);
return $result;
}
function replaceAndClean(/*query [, $arg1...$argN]*/){
$args = func_get_args();
if(count($args) == 1){
return $args[0];
}
$query = array_shift($args);
return vsprintf($query, array_map('mysql_real_escape_string', $args));
}
?>
Example:
<?php
// unsave call
query("SELECT FROM foo where bar='".$_POST['bar']."'");
// save call
query("SELECT FROM foo where bar='%d'", $_POST['bar']);
?>
pBakhuis at Gmail dot com
05-Oct-2011 05:30
Please note that you can't use this for recursive functions as you can't pass the parameters to the function again as then they'll be in the form of an array.
mulllhausen
05-Apr-2011 07:49
i use this structure a lot for debugging. i always place the call to 'debugfunc' at the start of any function which i want to debug. the square brackets in the echod output are useful to see if there is accidental whitespace within string variables passed to anyfunc. if anyone can suggest a better way of passing the names of the arguments to debugfunc i would appreciate it. as it is works fine, but its not very universal...
<?php
anyfunc('val1','val2','val3');
function anyfunc($arg1, $arg2, $arg3)
{
debugfunc(__FUNCTION__, '$arg1, $arg2, $arg3', func_get_args());
/*do useful non-debugging stuff*/
}
function debugfunc($name, $arg_names, $arg_vals)
{
echo "begin function [$name]. ";
$arg_names_array = explode(',', $arg_names);
foreach($arg_names_array as $k => $v)
{
$v = trim($v);
echo "$v: [$arg_vals[$k]] ";
}
echo "\n";
}
//output:
//begin function [anyfunc]. $arg1: [val1] $arg2: [val2] $arg3: [val3]
?>
mitko at edabg dot com
06-Apr-2009 03:48
<?php
/*
This example demonstrate how to use unknown variable arguments by reference.
func_get_args() don't return arguments by reference, but
debug_backtrace() "args" is by reference.
In PHP 5 this have no particular sense, because calling with arguments by reference
is depreciated and produce warning.
*/
class foo {
var $bar = "default bar";
function foo(/*variable arguments*/) {
// func_get_args returns copy of arguments
// $args = func_get_args();
// debug_backtrace returns arguments by reference
$stack = debug_backtrace();
$args = array();
if (isset($stack[0]["args"]))
for($i=0; $i < count($stack[0]["args"]); $i++)
$args[$i] = & $stack[0]["args"][$i];
call_user_func_array(array(&$this, 'bar'), $args);
}
function bar($bar = NULL) {
if (isset($bar))
$this->bar = & $bar;
}
}
$global_bar = "bar global";
$foo = & new foo();
echo "foo->bar: ".$foo->bar."</br>\n";
$foo->bar = "new bar";
echo "global_bar: ".$global_bar."</br>\n";
/*
Result:
foo->bar: default bar</br>
global_bar: bar global</br>
*/
$foo = & new foo(&$global_bar);
echo "foo->bar: ".$foo->bar."</br>\n";
$foo->bar = "new bar";
echo "global_bar: ".$global_bar."</br>\n";
/*
Result:
foo->bar: bar global</br>
global_bar: new bar</br>
*/
?>
marco @ vi-da
20-Mar-2009 01:01
sanitazes vars
<?php
function mysql_safe($q) {
$x = array_shift(func_get_args());
return vsprintf(preg_replace('/%([1-9]):(d|s)/','%$1$$2',$q), array_map('mysql_escape_string',$x));
}
?>
example
<?php
$query = mysql_safe("select * from somewhere where mood = %2:s and some_id = %1:d order by %3:s desc", $id, 'happy', $order);
?>
Oto Brglez
12-Mar-2009 06:18
How to create simple sum function that can sum N arguments. Like this:
<?php
function sum(){
$s=0;
foreach(func_get_args() as $a) $s+= is_numeric($a)?$a:0;
return $s;
};
print sum(1,2,3,4,5,6); // will return 21
print sum(3,2,1); // will return 6
print sum(false,array(),5,5); // will return 10
?>
anderson at francotecnologia dot com
26-Aug-2008 11:25
How to create a polymorphic/"overloaded" function
<?php
function select()
{
$t = '';
$args = func_get_args();
foreach ($args as &$a) {
$t .= gettype($a) . '|';
$a = mysql_real_escape_string($a);
}
if ($t != '') {
$t = substr($t, 0, - 1);
}
$sql = '';
switch ($t) {
case 'integer':
// search by ID
$sql = "id = {$args[0]}";
break;
case 'string':
// search by name
$sql = "name LIKE '%{$args[0]}%'";
break;
case 'string|integer':
// search by name AND status
$sql = "name LIKE '%{$args[0]}%' AND status = {$args[1]}";
break;
case 'string|integer|integer':
// search by name with limit
$sql = "name LIKE '%{$args[0]}%' LIMIT {$args[1]},{$args[2]}";
break;
default:
// :P
$sql = '1 = 2';
}
return mysql_query('SELECT * FROM table WHERE ' . $sql);
}
$res = select(29); // by ID
$res = select('Anderson'); // by name
$res = select('Anderson', 1); // by name and status
$res = select('Anderson', 0, 5); // by name with limit
?>
kangaroo232002 at yahoo dot co dot uk
26-Aug-2008 02:25
Instead of having to define your arg list twice, and keeping to the good style of initialising your variables in the head of your class, you can use (PHP5):
<?php
class myclass {
public $value = null;
public $key = null;
public $column = null;
public $table = null;
public function __construct() {
$vars = get_class_vars();
for($i=0; $i<func_num_args();$i++) {
$this->${$vars[$i]}=func_get_arg($i);
}
}
}
?>
which should allow you to set variables while retaining their default values if they are not set (in this case, null), without having to mess around with functions to retain default values so is much neater (just don't change the order you declare your vars!)
<?php
//usage
$c = new myclass("value", "tablekey", "tablecol", "table");
echo $c->key;
//prints 'tablekey'
?>
Anonymous
28-Jan-2008 08:11
I use the following concept for quick "plugin" of multiple argument support.
<?php
function increment($n) {
$p = func_get_args();
if (count($p) > 1) {
return array_map(__FUNCTION__, $p);
}
$n =& $p[0];
return ++$n;
}
list($two, $three, $four) = increment(1,2,3);
?>
tristan dot colombo at laposte dot net
18-Oct-2007 01:03
In order to use the function 'func_get_args()' to instanciate differents type of objects, you must use the Reflection API.
By example, we have two different classes and we want to have an unique function (using an unfixed number of parameters) to create the objects. We create two classes 'a' and 'b' where constructors accept different numbers of arguments.
Class a (class/a.class.php):
<?php
include_once 'a.class.php';
class b extends a
{
private $param3;
public function __construct($a, $b, $c)
{
$this->param1 = $a;
$this->param2 = $b;
$this->param3 = $c;
}
public function display()
{
echo $this->param1 . ', ' . $this->param2 . ' and ' . $this->param3 . '!<br />';
}
}
?>
Class b (class/b.class.php):
<?php
class a
{
private $param1;
private $param2;
public function __construct($a, $b)
{
$this->param1 = $a;
$this->param2 = $b;
}
public function display()
{
echo $this->param1 . ' and ' . $this->param2 . '<br />';
}
}
?>
Main program :
<?php
function classFactory()
{
// Retrieve arguments list
$_args = func_get_args();
// Delete the first argument which is the class name
$_className = array_shift($_args);
// Include the requested class
include_once 'class/' . $_className . '.class.php';
// Create Reflection object
// See : http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.reflection.php
$_reflection = new ReflectionClass($_className);
// Use the Reflection API
return $_reflection->newInstanceArgs($_args);
}
$a = classFactory('a', 'hello', 'world');
$b = classFactory('b', 'that\'s', 'all', 'folks');
$a->display();
$b->display();
?>
Sinured
20-Aug-2007 05:38
It may seem obvious, but if you want your variadic function to at least require one parameter, you can do this instead of checking func_num_args() == 0, which I've seen often:
<?php
function variadic($dummy) {
$args = func_get_args();
foreach ($args as $arg) {
echo "$arg<br />\n";
}
}
?>
func_get_args() fetches ALL passed parameters, not only those that weren't copied to a local variable.
ario [a] mail [dot] utexas [dot] edu
07-May-2007 02:50
"Because this function depends on the current scope to determine parameter details, it cannot be used as a function parameter. If you must pass this value, assign the results to a variable, and pass the variable."
This means that the following code generates an error:
<?php
function foo($list)
{
echo implode(', ', $list);
}
function foo2()
{
foo(func_get_args());
}
foo2(1, 2, 3);
?>
However, you can easily get around this by doing the following:
<?php
function foo($list)
{
echo implode(', ', $list);
}
function foo2()
{
foo($args = func_get_args());
}
foo2(1, 2, 3);
?>
This captures the context from foo2(), making this legal. You get the expected output:
"1, 2, 3"
jmcguire81 [at] gmail.com
21-Mar-2007 02:13
Here is another variation on accepting a variable number of arguments. This allows for a variable number of arguments to be passed to a Class constructor, as well as a customized class version to be used dynamically. Syntax in code is:
<?php
$mail = Generator("MailClassName", $db_ref);
function Generator() {
$numargs = func_num_args();
$classname = func_get_arg(0);
$argstring='';
if ($numargs > 1) {
$arg_list = func_get_args();
for ($x=1; $x<$numargs; $x++) {
$argstring .= '$arg_list['.$x.']';
if ($x != $numargs-1) $argstring .= ',';
}
}
if (class_exists("Custom{$classname}")) {
$classname = "Custom{$classname}";
if ($argstring) return eval("return new $classname($argstring);");
return new $classname;
}
if ($argstring) return eval("return new $classname($argstring);");
return new $classname;
}
?>
Hope this is of use to someone.
rafagd at gmail dot com
13-Feb-2007 08:53
Sometimes, you may need to dynamic set and get of args...
This function merge array args, so you can dynamic set some args by sending an array arg.
<?php
function dynamicArgs(/*$arg1, $arg2...$argN*/) {
$args = func_get_args(); $num = func_num_args();
for ($i = 1; $i < $num; $i++) {
$args[0] = array_merge((array) $args[0], (array) $args[$i]);
}
return $args[0];
}
var_dump(dynamicArgs('a',array('b','c'),'d',1);
?>
This should output like:
array(5) {
[0]=>
string(1) "a"
[1]=>
string(1) "b"
[2]=>
string(1) "c"
[3]=>
string(1) "d"
[4]=>
int(1)
}
bew
31-Mar-2006 07:55
A more concise way of expressing my idea from the previous post (I'd forgotten about array_slice()):
<?php
function func_get_default_args($a) {
$args = array_slice(func_get_args(), 1);
return array_merge($args, array_slice($a, sizeof($args)));
}
function foo($a = 1, $b = 2, $c = 3) {
print_r(func_get_default_args(func_get_args(), $a, $b, $c));
}
// prints: Array ( [0] => a [1] => b [2] => 3 )
foo('a', 'b');
?>
Nathan Ostgard
06-Dec-2005 10:14
If you're using PHP5, the variable number of argument functions all return the objects by reference - and not a copy of the object, as this leads you to believe.
T.M.
04-Nov-2004 07:24
Simple function to calculate average value using dynamic arguments:
<?php
function average(){
return array_sum(func_get_args())/func_num_args();
}
print average(10, 15, 20, 25); // 17.5
?>
volte6 at drunkduck dot com
30-Sep-2004 02:54
For those who have a use for a C style enum() function:
<?php
//*******************************************
// void enum();
// enumerates constants for unique values guarenteed.
function enum()
{
$i=0;
$ARG_ARR = func_get_args();
if (is_array($ARG_ARR))
{
foreach ($ARG_ARR as $CONSTANT)
{
define ($CONSTANT, ++$i);
}
}
}
// USAGE:
enum(ERR_USER_EXISTS, ERR_OLD_POST);
// etc. etc.
//*******************************************
?>
this can be used for error codes etc.
I deliberately skipped the 0 (zero) define, which could be useful for error checking.
mark at manngo dot net
23-Mar-2003 11:13
You can also fake named arguments using eval:
<?php
function test()
{ foreach (func_get_args() as $k=>$arg) eval ("\$$arg;");
echo "$a plus $b gives ".($a+$b);
}
test("a=3","b=4");
?>
daveNO at ovumSPAMdesign dot com
17-Sep-2001 11:29
<?php
// How to simulate named parameters in PHP.
// By Dave Benjamin <dave@ovumdesign.com>
// Turns the array returned by func_get_args() into an array of name/value
// pairs that can be processed by extract().
function varargs($args) {
$count = count($args);
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i += 2) {
$result[$args[$i]] = $args[$i + 1];
}
return $result;
}
// Example
function test(&$ref1, &$ref2) {
// Default arguments go here.
$foo = "oof";
// Do some magic.
extract(varargs(func_get_args()));
echo nl2br("\n\$var1 = $var1");
echo nl2br("\n\$var2 = $var2");
echo nl2br("\n\$foo = $foo\n\n");
// Modify some variables that were passed by reference.
// Note that func_get_args() doesn't pass references, so they
// need to be explicitly declared in the function definition.
$ref1 = 42;
$ref2 = 84;
}
$a = 5;
$b = 6;
echo nl2br("Before calling test(): \$a = $a\n");
echo nl2br("Before calling test(): \$b = $b\n");
// Try removing the 'foo, "bar"' from the following line.
test($a, $b, var1, "abc", var2, "def", foo, "bar");
echo nl2br("After calling test(): \$a = $a\n");
echo nl2br("After calling test(): \$b = $b\n");
?>
04-Jun-2001 07:44
You can pass a variable number of arguments to a function whilst keeping references intact by using an array. The disadvantage of course, is that the called function needs to be aware that it's arguments are in an array.
<?php
// Prints "hello mutated world"
function mutator($args=null) {
$n=count($args);
while($i<$n) $args[$i++] = "mutated";
}
$a = "hello";
$b = "strange";
$c = "world";
mutator(array($a, &$b, $c));
echo "$a $b $c";
?>