Question

I have a script where it accepts a varying number of arguments.

I want to use func_get_args to perform operations on said arguments. If I have one function like this:

function Something() {
   foreach(func_get_args($this) as $functions) {
       // Do something
   }

   // Return..
}

I want to be able to call this function in, for example, another function to add/save entries. The add/save function would have arguments ‘title’, ‘description’ etc..

I basically want to know if there is a way to detect the context of a function call. Can I pass something to func_get_args that will let it know that its called in a certain function? So if I do:

function Save($title, $desc) {
$vars = $this->Something();
}

I want $vars to contain $title and $desc after modifying them.

Answer 1

Figured it out.. Not pretty, but it does what I want it to.

private function Handle($Function, $Values) {
        $Method = new ReflectionMethod($this, $Function);
        $Result = array();
        $Inc = 0;

        foreach($Method->getParameters() as $Args) {
            $Result[$Args->getName()] = $this->DB->real_escape_string($Values[$Inc]);
            $Inc++;
        }

        return $Result;
}

function Test($a, $b, $c) {
    $Vars = $this->Handle(__FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
    print_r($Vars);
}

print_r(Test(1, 2, 3));

Array
(
    [a] => 1
    [b] => 2
    [c] => 3
)

I had another way of doing this but the array had to be accessed using $Vars[0], $Vars[1], etc, and I wanted to make it so I could use $Vars['something'], $Vars['something_else'].