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Any way to specify optional parameter values in PHP?
How would I skip optional arguments in a function call?

i have this declaration :

public function table_creator($thread, $table_body, $class='datagrid', $caption=null){
     some code
}

and when i execute it like that :

<?php echo SomeClass::table_creator($this->report_keys, $report, $caption="Answers"); ?>

in variable $class there is “Answers” insted of “datagrid”, is there a way to not pass $class for it to work ??

Answer 1

PHP doesn’t have named parameters (or keyword arguments). I recommend you try the following style:

public function table_creator($thread, $table_body, $options=array()){
  $default_options = array(
    "class" => "datagrid",
    // you can add more default options here
  );
  $options = array_merge($default_options, $options);
  // some code
}

Then you can call it like this:

echo SomeClass::table_creator($this->report_keys, $report,
                              array("caption" => "Answers");