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Request #24153 Use default parameters in the middle while overriding def parameters at the end
Submitted: 2003-06-12 11:04 UTC Modified: 2003-06-12 12:11 UTC
From: php at electricsurfer dot com Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.3.2 OS: WIN XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-06-12 11:04 UTC] php at electricsurfer dot com 
Description:
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Given:
<?
function myfunc($arg1,$arg2=2,$arg3='',$arg4=false,$arg5=1)
{...}
?>
It would be nice to be able to do this:
<?
myfunc('arg1',5,,true);
?>
Which would keep the default values for arguments 3 & 5 but specify a value for argument 4.

This way, if I ever change the default value of $arg3 from '' to null, I have less code to modify.

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 [2003-06-12 12:11 UTC] derick@php.net 
This was brought up before and it was decided not to do this.
 
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