switch quirie

Please can someone put me straight on this.

If you use a switch on the bottom of you page why does it matter what order the above functions are ie

<?php
bla bla

function 1(){
echo "line1";
}

function2(){
echo "line2";
}

switch {

case"one":
function1();
break;
case"two":
function2()
break;

bla bla you get the idea

Its because im running a large amouth of switches and if I put the function in a wrong place I get a undefined function

Anyone who knows the answer i would like to know

lee

The order in which you define functions is irrelevant.

You must, however, define a function before you use it.

in php3, the function must be defined before it's called, no matter if it's included or in the same file.

in php4, that doesn't matter.

this works in php4 but not in php3:
<?

echo myfunc();

function myfunc()
{
return "hi there";
}

I re-checked - it's so easy, damn bug:

function 1() ist not a valid declaration, should be:
function myfunction1()
or something like that.

also
function2()
is totally wrong, see above ...

pah, that should not have been be so difficult to detect, sorry.

if you wonder how, see the functions reference in the manual.