function help

[falsepride]

is there a way to make a function where certian arguments are not needed?

[Redline]

Yes, if there is a default value you want your function to use, but you want to be able to use some other value occasionally, create the function like this

PHP Code:

function some_function($foo, $bar = 7) {

} 


Writing the function like that will allow you to call the function without a value for $bar and it will default to 7, or you can give it a different value if you wish.

[falsepride]

thanks but too late, i realized that i could just changed a file in a little way, and it would do what i want. im writing a function that reads a file into a mutltidemensional array, as far as i know theres no php function to do this right?

[Redline]

Yeah I highly doubt that there is a built in function to read files into an array. It's not a complex procedure but there are too many variables for that to work as a built in function. File name/location, fields, delimters etc