[PHP-DOC] cvs: phpdoc /es chapters.ent /es/chapters install.xml /es/functions errorfunc.xml funchand.xml From: Rasmus Lerdorf (rasmus <email protected>)
Date: 09/13/00

rasmus Wed Sep 13 09:41:59 2000 EDT

  Added files:
    /phpdoc/es/functions errorfunc.xml funchand.xml

  Modified files:
    /phpdoc/es chapters.ent
    /phpdoc/es/chapters install.xml
  Log:
  Add missing files - a bunch of functions need to be moved around still
  
  
Index: phpdoc/es/chapters.ent
diff -u phpdoc/es/chapters.ent:1.3 phpdoc/es/chapters.ent:1.4
--- phpdoc/es/chapters.ent:1.3 Sat Sep 2 07:10:24 2000
+++ phpdoc/es/chapters.ent Wed Sep 13 09:41:59 2000
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@
 <!ENTITY reference.dir SYSTEM "functions/dir.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.dl SYSTEM "functions/dl.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.domxml SYSTEM "functions/domxml.xml">
+<!ENTITY reference.errorfunc SYSTEM "functions/errorfunc.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.exec SYSTEM "functions/exec.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.fdf SYSTEM "functions/fdf.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.filepro SYSTEM "functions/filepro.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.filesystem SYSTEM "functions/filesystem.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.ftp SYSTEM "functions/ftp.xml">
+<!ENTITY reference.funchand SYSTEM "functions/funchand.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.gettext SYSTEM "functions/gettext.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.http SYSTEM "functions/http.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.hw SYSTEM "functions/hw.xml">
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
 <!ENTITY reference.readline SYSTEM "functions/readline.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.recode SYSTEM "functions/recode.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.regex SYSTEM "functions/regex.xml">
+<!ENTITY reference.satellite SYSTEM "functions/satellite.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.sem SYSTEM "functions/sem.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.session SYSTEM "functions/session.xml">
 <!ENTITY reference.snmp SYSTEM "functions/snmp.xml">
Index: phpdoc/es/chapters/install.xml
diff -u phpdoc/es/chapters/install.xml:1.3 phpdoc/es/chapters/install.xml:1.4
--- phpdoc/es/chapters/install.xml:1.3 Wed Sep 13 06:44:03 2000
+++ phpdoc/es/chapters/install.xml Wed Sep 13 09:41:59 2000
@@ -1194,8 +1194,6 @@
 
    </sect2>
 
--- FIN TRABAJO --
-
    <sect2>
     <title>Omni HTTPd 2.0b1 para Windows</title>
     
@@ -1390,4 +1388,4 @@
 sgml-local-catalogs:nil
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 End:
--->
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+-->

Index: phpdoc/es/functions/errorfunc.xml
+++ phpdoc/es/functions/errorfunc.xml
 <reference id="ref.errorfunc">
  <title>Error Handling and Logging Functions</title>
  <titleabbrev>Errors and Logging</titleabbrev>

  <partintro>
   <para>
    These are functions dealing with error handling and logging. They
    allow you to define your own error handling rules, as well as modify
    the way the errors can be logged. This allows you to change and
    enhance error reporting to suit your needs.
   </para>
   <para>
    With the logging functions, you can send messages directly to other
    machines, to an email (or email to pager gateway!), to system logs,
    etc., so you can selectively log and monitor the most important parts
    of your applications and websites.
   </para>
   <para>
    The error reporting functions allow you to customize what level and
    kind of error feedback is given, ranging from simple notices to customized
    functions returned during errors.
   </para>
  </partintro>

  <refentry id="function.error-log">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>error_log</refname>
    <refpurpose>send an error message somewhere</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <funcsynopsis>
     <funcprototype>
      <funcdef>int <function>error_log</function></funcdef>
      <paramdef>string <parameter>message</parameter></paramdef>
      <paramdef>int <parameter>message_type</parameter></paramdef>
      <paramdef>string
       <parameter><optional>destination</optional></parameter>
      </paramdef>
      <paramdef>string
       <parameter><optional>extra_headers</optional></parameter>
      </paramdef>
     </funcprototype>
    </funcsynopsis>
    <para>
     Sends an error message to the web server's error log, a
     <acronym>TCP</acronym> port or to a file. The first parameter,
     <parameter>message</parameter>, is the error message that should
     be logged. The second parameter,
     <parameter>message_type</parameter> says where the message should
     go:
     <table>
      <title><function>error_log</function> log types</title>
      <tgroup cols="2">
       <tbody>
    <row>
     <entry>0</entry>
     <entry>
      <parameter>message</parameter> is sent to PHP's system
      logger, using the Operating System's system logging
      mechanism or a file, depending on what the <link
      linkend="ini.error-log">error_log</link> configuration
      directive is set to.
     </entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry>1</entry>
     <entry>
      <parameter>message</parameter> is sent by email to the
      address in the <parameter>destination</parameter> parameter.
      This is the only message type where the fourth parameter,
      <parameter>extra_headers</parameter> is used. This message
      type uses the same internal function as
      <function>Mail</function> does.
     </entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry>2</entry>
     <entry>
      <parameter>message</parameter> is sent through the PHP
      debugging connection. This option is only available if
      <link linkend="enable-debugger">remote debugging has been
      enabled</link>. In this case, the
      <parameter>destination</parameter> parameter specifies the
      host name or IP address and optionally, port number, of the
      socket receiving the debug information.
     </entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry>3</entry>
     <entry>
      <parameter>message</parameter> is appended to the file
      <parameter>destination</parameter>.
     </entry>
    </row>
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
     </table>
    </para>
    <para>
     <example role="php">
      <title><function>error_log</function> examples</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
// Send notification through the server log if we can not
// connect to the database.
if (!Ora_Logon ($username, $password)) {
    error_log ("Oracle database not available!", 0);
}

// Notify administrator by email if we run out of FOO
if (!($foo = allocate_new_foo()) {
    error_log ("Big trouble, we're all out of FOOs!", 1,
               "operator <email protected>");
}

// other ways of calling error_log():
error_log ("You messed up!", 2, "127.0.0.1:7000");
error_log ("You messed up!", 2, "loghost");
error_log ("You messed up!", 3, "/var/tmp/my-errors.log");
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

  <refentry id="function.error-reporting">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>error_reporting</refname>
    <refpurpose>set which PHP errors are reported</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <funcsynopsis>
     <funcprototype>
      <funcdef>int <function>error_reporting</function></funcdef>
      <paramdef>int
       <parameter><optional>level</optional></parameter>
      </paramdef>
     </funcprototype>
    </funcsynopsis>
    <para>
     Sets PHP's error reporting level and returns the old level. The
     error reporting level is either a bitmask, or named constant. Using
     named constants is strongly encouraged to ensure compatibility for
     future versions. As error levels are added, the range of integers
     increases, so older integer-based error levels will not always
     behave as expected.
     <example role="php">
      <title>Error Integer changes</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
error_reporting (55); // PHP 3 equivalent to E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE

/* ...in PHP 4, '55' would mean (E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE |
E_CORE_ERROR | E_CORE_WARNING) */

error_reporting (2039); // PHP 4 equivalent to E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE

error_reporting (E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); // The same in both PHP 3 and 4
      </programlisting>
     </example>
     Follow the links for the internal values to get their meanings:
     <table>
      <title><function>error_reporting</function> bit values</title>
      <tgroup cols="2">
       <thead>
        <row>
         <entry>constant</entry>
         <entry>value</entry>
        </row>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
        <row>
         <entry>1</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-error">E_ERROR</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>2</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-warning">E_WARNING</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>4</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-parse">E_PARSE</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>8</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-notice">E_NOTICE</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>16</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-core-error">E_CORE_ERROR</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>32</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-core-warning">E_CORE_WARNING</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>64</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-compile-error">E_COMPILE_ERROR</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>128</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-compile-warning">E_COMPILE_WARNING</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>256</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-user-error">E_USER_ERROR</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>512</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-user-warning">E_USER_WARNING</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>1024</entry>
         <entry>
          <link linkend="internal.e-user-error">E_USER_NOTICE</link>
         </entry>
        </row>
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
     </table>
    </para>
    <para>
     <example role="php">
      <title><function>error_reporting</function> examples</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
error_reporting(0);
/* Turn off all reporting */

error_reporting (7); // Old syntax, PHP 2/3
error_reporting (E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE); // New syntax for PHP 3/4
/* Good to use for simple running errors */

error_reporting (15); // Old syntax, PHP 2/3
error_reporting (E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_NOTICE); // New syntax for PHP 3/4
/* good for code authoring to report uninitialized or (possibly mis-spelled) variables */

error_reporting (63); // Old syntax, PHP 2/3
error_reporting (E_ALL); // New syntax for PHP3/4
/* report all PHP errors */
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

  <refentry id="function.restore-error-handler">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>restore_error_handler</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Restores the previous error handler function
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <funcsynopsis>
     <funcprototype>
      <funcdef>void <function>restore_error_handler</function></funcdef>
      <paramdef>void</paramdef>
     </funcprototype>
    </funcsynopsis>
    <para>
     Used after changing the error handler function using
     <function>set_error_handler</function>, to revert to the previous error
     handler (which could be the built-in or a user defined function)
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>error_reporting</function>,
     <function>set_error_handler</function>,
     <function>trigger_error</function>, <function>user_error</function>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

  <refentry id="function.set-error-handler">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>set_error_handler</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Sets a user-defined error handler function.
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <funcsynopsis>
     <funcprototype>
      <funcdef>string <function>set_error_handler</function></funcdef>
      <paramdef>string <parameter>error_handler</parameter></paramdef>
     </funcprototype>
    </funcsynopsis>
    <para>
     Sets a user function (<parameter>error_handler</parameter>) to handle
     errors in a script. Returns the previously defined error handler (if
     any), or false on error. This function can be used for defining your own
     way of handling errors during runtime, for example in applications in
     which you need to do cleanup of data/files when a critical error happens,
     or when you need to trigger an error under certain conditions (using
     <function>trigger_error</function>)
    </para>
    <para>
     The user function needs to accept 2 parameters: the error code, and a
     string describing the error. The example below shows the handling of
     internal execptions by triggering errors and handling them with a user
     defined function:
     <example>
      <title>
       Error handling with <function>set_error_handler</function> and
       <function>trigger_error</function>
      </title>
      <programlisting role="php">
&lt;?php

// redefine the user error constants - PHP4 only
define (FATAL,E_USER_ERROR);
define (ERROR,E_USER_WARNING);
define (WARNING,E_USER_NOTICE);

// set the error reporting level for this script
error_reporting (FATAL + ERROR + WARNING);

// error handler function
function myErrorHandler ($errno, $errstr) {
    switch ($errno) {
    case FATAL:
    echo &quot;&lt;b&gt;FATAL&lt;/b&gt; [$errno] $errstr&lt;br&gt;\n&quot;;
    echo &quot; Fatal error in line &quot;.__LINE__.&quot; of file &quot;.__FILE__;
    echo &quot;, PHP &quot;.PHP_VERSION.&quot; (&quot;.PHP_OS.&quot;)&lt;br&gt;\n&quot;;
    echo &quot;Aborting...&lt;br&gt;\n&quot;;
    exit -1;
    break;
    case ERROR:
    echo &quot;&lt;b&gt;ERROR&lt;/b&gt; [$errno] $errstr&lt;br&gt;\n&quot;;
    break;
    case WARNING:
    echo &quot;&lt;b&gt;WARNING&lt;/b&gt; [$errno] $errstr&lt;br&gt;\n&quot;;
    break;
    default:
    echo &quot;Unkown error type: [$errno] $errstr&lt;br&gt;\n&quot;;
    break;
    }
}

// function to test the error handling
function scale_by_log ($vect, $scale) {
    if ( !is_numeric($scale) || $scale &lt;= 0 )
    trigger_error(&quot;log(x) for x &lt;= 0 is undefined, you used: scale = $scale&quot;,
      FATAL);
    if (!is_array($vect)) {
    trigger_error(&quot;Incorrect input vector, array of values expected&quot;, ERROR);
    return null;
    }
    for ($i=0; $i&lt;count($vect); $i++) {
    if (!is_numeric($vect[$i]))
    trigger_error(&quot;Value at position $i is not a number, using 0 (zero)&quot;,
      WARNING);
    $temp[$i] = log($scale) * $vect[$i];
    }
    return $temp;
}

// set to the user defined error handler
$old_error_handler = set_error_handler(&quot;myErrorHandler&quot;);

// trigger some errors, first define a mixed array with a non-numeric item
echo &quot;vector a\n&quot;;
$a = array(2,3,&quot;foo&quot;,5.5,43.3,21.11);
print_r($a);

// now generate second array, generating a warning
echo &quot;----\nvector b - a warning (b = log(PI) * a)\n&quot;;
$b = scale_by_log($a, M_PI);
print_r($b);

// this is trouble, we pass a string instead of an array
echo &quot;----\nvector c - an error\n&quot;;
$c = scale_by_log(&quot;not array&quot;,2.3);
var_dump($c);

// this is a critical error, log of zero or negative number is undefined
echo &quot;----\nvector d - fatal error\n&quot;;
$d = scale_by_log($a, -2.5);

?&gt;
      </programlisting>
     </example>
     And when you run this sample script, the output will be
     <informalexample>
      <programlisting>
vector a
Array
(
    [0] =&gt; 2
    [1] =&gt; 3
    [2] =&gt; foo
    [3] =&gt; 5.5
    [4] =&gt; 43.3
    [5] =&gt; 21.11
)

----
vector b - a warning (b = log(PI) * a)
&lt;b&gt;WARNING&lt;/b&gt; [1024] Value at position 2 is not a number, using 0 (zero)&lt;br&gt;
Array
(
    [0] =&gt; 2.2894597716988
    [1] =&gt; 3.4341896575482
    [2] =&gt; 0
    [3] =&gt; 6.2960143721717
    [4] =&gt; 49.566804057279
    [5] =&gt; 24.165247890281
)
----
vector c - an error
&lt;b&gt;ERROR&lt;/b&gt; [512] Incorrect input vector, array of values expected&lt;br&gt;
NULL
----
vector d - fatal error
&lt;b&gt;FATAL&lt;/b&gt; [256] log(x) for x &lt;= 0 is undefined, you used: scale = -2.5&lt;br&gt;
  Fatal error in line 16 of file trigger_error.php, PHP 4.0.1pl2 (Linux)&lt;br&gt;
Aborting...&lt;br&gt;
      </programlisting>
     </informalexample>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>error_reporting</function>,
     <function>restore_error_handler</function>,
     <function>trigger_error</function>, <function>user_error</function>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

<refentry id="function.trigger-error"> <refnamediv> <refname>trigger_error</refname> <refpurpose> Generates a user-level error/warning/notice message </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>void <function>trigger_error</function></funcdef> <paramdef>string <parameter>error_msg</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>int <parameter><optional>error_type</optional></parameter> </paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <para> Used to trigger a user error condition, it can be used by in conjunction with the built-in error handler, or with a user defined function that has been set as the new error handler (<function>set_error_handler</function>). This function is useful when you need to generate a particular response to an exception at runtime. For example: <informalexample> <programlisting> if (assert ($divisor == 0)) trigger_error ("Cannot divide by zero", E_USER_ERROR); </programlisting> </informalexample> <note> <para> See <function>set_error_handler</function> for a more extensive example. </para> </note> </para> <para> See also <function>error_reporting</function>, <function>set_error_handler</function>, <function>restore_error_handler</function>, <function>user_error</function> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>

<refentry id="function.user-error"> <refnamediv> <refname>user_error</refname> <refpurpose> Generates a user-level error/warning/notice message </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>void <function>user_error</function></funcdef> <paramdef>string <parameter>error_msg</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>int <parameter><optional>error_type</optional></parameter> </paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <para> This is an alias for the function <function>trigger_error</function>. </para> <para> See also <function>error_reporting</function>, <function>set_error_handler</function>, <function>restore_error_handler</function>, and <function>trigger_error</function> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>

</reference>

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Index: phpdoc/es/functions/funchand.xml +++ phpdoc/es/functions/funchand.xml <reference id="ref.funchand"> <title>Function Handling functions</title> <titleabbrev>Functions</titleabbrev>

<partintro> <para> These functions all handle various operations involved in working with functions. </para> </partintro> <refentry id="function.call-user-func"> <refnamediv> <refname>call_user_func</refname> <refpurpose> Call a user function given by the first parameter </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>mixed <function>call_user_func</function> </funcdef> <paramdef>string <parameter>function_name</parameter> </paramdef> <paramdef>mixed <parameter><optional>parameter</optional></parameter> </paramdef> <paramdef>mixed <parameter><optional>...</optional></parameter> </paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <para> Call a user defined function given by the <parameter>function_name</parameter> parameter. Take the following: <informalexample> <programlisting role="php"> function barber ($type) { print "You wanted a $type haircut, no problem"; } call_user_func ('barber', "mushroom"); call_user_func ('barber', "shave"); </programlisting> </informalexample> </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <refentry id="function.create-function"> <refnamediv> <refname>create_function</refname> <refpurpose>Create an anonymous (lambda-style) function</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>string <function>create_function</function></funcdef> <paramdef>string <parameter>args</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>string <parameter>code</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <para> Creates an anonymous function from the parameters passed, and returns a unique name for it. Usually the <parameter>args</parameter> will be passed as a single quote delimited string, and this is also recommended for the <parameter>code</parameter>. The reason for using single quoted strings, is to protect the variable names from parsing, otherwise, if you use double quotes there will be a need to escape the variable names, e.g. <literal>\$avar</literal>. </para> <para> You can use this function, to (for example) create a function from information gathered at run time: <example> <title> Creating an anonymous function with <function>create_function</function> </title> <programlisting role="php"> $newfunc = create_function('$a,$b','return "ln($a) + ln($b) = ".log($a * $b);'); echo "New anonymous function: $newfunc\n"; echo $newfunc(2,M_E)."\n"; // outputs // New anonymous function: lambda_1 // ln(2) + ln(2.718281828459) = 1.6931471805599 </programlisting> </example> Or, perhaps to have general handler function that can apply a set of operations to a list of parameters: <example> <title> Making a general processing function with <function>create_function</function> </title> <programlisting role="php"> function process($var1, $var2, $farr) { for ($f=0; $f &lt; count($farr); $f++) echo $farr[$f]($var1,$var2)."\n"; }

// create a bunch of math functions $f1 = 'if ($a &gt;=0) {return "b*a^2 = ".$b*sqrt($a);} else {return false;}'; $f2 = "return \"min(b^2+a, a^2,b) = \".min(\$a*\$a+\$b,\$b*\$b+\$a);"; $f3 = 'if ($a &gt; 0 &amp;&amp; $b != 0) {return "ln(a)/b = ".log($a)/$b;} else {return false;}'; $farr = array( create_function('$x,$y', 'return "some trig: ".(sin($x) + $x*cos($y));'), create_function('$x,$y', 'return "a hypotenuse: ".sqrt($x*$x + $y*$y);'), create_function('$a,$b', $f1), create_function('$a,$b', $f2), create_function('$a,$b', $f3) );

echo "\nUsing the first array of anonymous functions\n"; echo "parameters: 2.3445, M_PI\n"; process(2.3445, M_PI, $farr);

// now make a bunch of string processing functions $garr = array( create_function('$b,$a','if (strncmp($a,$b,3) == 0) return "** \"$a\" '. 'and \"$b\"\n** Look the same to me! (looking at the first 3 chars)";'), create_function('$a,$b','; return "CRCs: ".crc32($a)." , ".crc32(b);'), create_function('$a,$b','; return "similar(a,b) = ".similar_text($a,$b,&$p)."($p%)";') ); echo "\nUsing the second array of anonymous functions\n"; process("Twas brilling and the slithy toves", "Twas the night", $garr); </programlisting> </example> and when you run the code above, the output will be: <informalexample> <programlisting> Using the first array of anonymous functions parameters: 2.3445, M_PI some trig: -1.6291725057799 a hypotenuse: 3.9199852871011 b*a^2 = 4.8103313314525 min(b^2+a, a^2,b) = 8.6382729035898 ln(a/b) = 0.27122299212594

Using the second array of anonymous functions ** "Twas the night" and "Twas brilling and the slithy toves" ** Look the same to me! (looking at the first 3 chars) CRCs: -725381282 , 1908338681 similar(a,b) = 11(45.833333333333%) </programlisting> </informalexample> But perhaps the most common use for of lambda-style (anonymous) functions is to create callback functions, for example when using <function>array_walk</function> or <function>usort</function> <example> <title>Using anonymous functions as callback functions</title> <programlisting role="php"> $av = array("the ","a ","that ","this "); array_walk($av, create_function('&$v,$k','$v = $v."mango";')); print_r($av); // for PHP3 use var_dump() // outputs: // Array // ( // [0] =&gt; the mango // [1] =&gt; a mango // [2] =&gt; that mango // [3] =&gt; this mango // )

// an array of strings ordered from shorter to longer $sv = array("small","larger","a big string","it is a string thing"); print_r($sv); // outputs: // Array // ( // [0] =&gt; small // [1] =&gt; larger // [2] =&gt; a big string // [3] =&gt; it is a string thing // )

// sort it from longer to shorter usort($sv, create_function('$a,$b','return strlen($b) - strlen($a);')); print_r($sv); // outputs: // Array // ( // [0] =&gt; it is a string thing // [1] =&gt; a big string // [2] =&gt; larger // [3] =&gt; small // ) </programlisting> </example> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>

<refentry id="function.func-get-arg"> <refnamediv> <refname>func_get_arg</refname> <refpurpose>Return an item from the argument list</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>mixed <function>func_get_arg</function></funcdef> <paramdef>int <parameter>arg_num</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <simpara> Returns the argument which is at the <parameter>arg_num</parameter>'th offset into a user-defined function's argument list. Function arguments are counted starting from zero. <function>Func_get_arg</function> will generate a warning if called from outside of a function definition. </simpara> <simpara> If <parameter>arg_num</parameter> is greater than the number of arguments actually passed, a warning will be generated and <function>func_get_arg</function> will return FALSE. </simpara> <para> <informalexample> <programlisting role="php"> &lt;?php function foo() { $numargs = func_num_args(); echo "Number of arguments: $numargs&lt;br&gt;\n"; if ($numargs &gt;= 2) { echo "Second argument is: " . func_get_arg (1) . "&lt;br&gt;\n"; } }

foo (1, 2, 3); ?&gt; </programlisting> </informalexample> </para> <simpara> <function>Func_get_arg</function> may be used in conjunction with <function>func_num_args</function> and <function>func_get_args</function> to allow user-defined functions to accept variable-length argument lists. </simpara> <note> <simpara> This function was added in PHP 4. </simpara> </note> </refsect1> </refentry>

<refentry id="function.func-get-args"> <refnamediv> <refname>func_get_args</refname> <refpurpose> Returns an array comprising a function's argument list </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>array <function>func_get_args</function></funcdef> <paramdef>void <parameter></parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <simpara> Returns an array in which each element is the corresponding member of the current user-defined function's argument list. <function>Func_get_args</function> will generate a warning if called from outside of a function definition. </simpara> <para> <informalexample> <programlisting role="php"> &lt;?php function foo() { $numargs = func_num_args(); echo "Number of arguments: $numargs&lt;br&gt;\n"; if ($numargs &gt;= 2) { echo "Second argument is: " . func_get_arg (1) . "&lt;br&gt;\n"; } $arg_list = func_get_args(); for ($i = 0; $i &lt; $numargs; $i++) { echo "Argument $i is: " . $arg_list[$i] . "&lt;br&gt;\n"; } }

foo (1, 2, 3); ?&gt; </programlisting> </informalexample> </para> <simpara> <function>Func_get_args</function> may be used in conjunction with <function>func_num_args</function> and <function>func_get_arg</function> to allow user-defined functions to accept variable-length argument lists. </simpara> <note> <simpara> This function was added in PHP 4. </simpara> </note> </refsect1> </refentry>

<refentry id="function.func-num-args"> <refnamediv> <refname>func_num_args</refname> <refpurpose> Returns the number of arguments passed to the function </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>func_num_args</function></funcdef> <paramdef>void <parameter></parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <simpara> Returns the number of arguments passed into the current user-defined function. <function>Func_num_args</function> will generate a warning if called from outside of a function definition. </simpara> <para> <informalexample> <programlisting role="php"> &lt;?php function foo() { $numargs = func_num_args(); echo "Number of arguments: $numargs\n"; }

foo (1, 2, 3); // Prints 'Number of arguments: 3' ?&gt; </programlisting> </informalexample> </para> <simpara> <function>Func_num_args</function> may be used in conjunction with <function>func_get_arg</function> and <function>func_get_args</function> to allow user-defined functions to accept variable-length argument lists. </simpara> <note> <simpara> This function was added in PHP 4. </simpara> </note> </refsect1> </refentry>

<refentry id="function.function-exists"> <refnamediv> <refname>function_exists</refname> <refpurpose> Return true if the given function has been defined </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>function_exists</function></funcdef> <paramdef>string <parameter>function_name</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <simpara> Checks the list of defined functions for <parameter>function_name</parameter>. Returns true if the given function name was found, false otherwise. </simpara> </refsect1> </refentry>

<refentry id="function.register-shutdown-function"> <refnamediv> <refname>register_shutdown_function</refname> <refpurpose> Register a function for execution on shutdown </refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>register_shutdown_function</function> </funcdef> <paramdef>string <parameter>func</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <simpara> Registers the function named by <parameter>func</parameter> to be executed when script processing is complete.</simpara> <para> Common Pitfalls: </para> <simpara> Since no output is allowed to the browser in this function, you will be unable to debug it using statements such as print or echo. </simpara> </refsect1> </refentry> </reference>

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