predefine functions???

[hingis_rules]

Hey,

How do you predefine functions in PHP like in C/C++?

In C/C++ you write
return_type function_name(type var,type var,....);
return_type function_name(type var,type var,....);
return_type function_name(type var,type var,....);

I tried doing that in PHP and it wanted to see a {
after the function(...)

Thanks

[ahundiak]

PHP does not have prototypes. Just include the file (or files) with the function code. PHP is not a strongly typed language so prototypes would not do much good anyways.

[Mordecai]

Why would you want to use prototypes?

[hingis_rules]

wrote a function that is trying to call a function that appears later in the code. If I move the called function ahead of the caling function, I get a function undefined() error.

I'll try writng that function in another file and includeing it.

[Weedpacket]

Interesting: I don't get that.

function foo()
{ ... bar();
}

function bar()
{ ...
}

works for me.

There are provisos, of course: if the function's in another file you need to include the file before calling the function, or if the function declaration is inside another, then the outer function has to be called before the inner function exists. But aside from that...