Skip function variables

Stingus

I have a simple function:

function GetRich($a = 1, $b = 2, $c = 3) {
    //do something, rob a bank
}

How can I call this function and set only variables $b and $c, without $a? I want $a to get the default value (1), without set it when calling the function.

//this will give an error for sure but I don't know what to replace the "?" with...
$rich = GetRich(?,2, 3);

Thanks all,
Arthur

planetsim

Well usually i just use single quotes if thats the case however I normally use strings in my functions like that.

Stingus

Using single quotes doesn't do it:

function Test($a = "test", $b = "bla") {
    echo $a, $b;
}

Test('');

//will display "bla", not "test, bla"
//because $a=NULL when calling the function

bubblenut

You can't do what you're wanting. You'll have to do it programatically within the function itself. Function Arguments

johnnyv

function Test($a, $b) {
   if($a == ""){
      $a = "test";
   }
   if($b == ""){
      $b = "bla";
   }  

   echo $a, $b;
}