[RESOLVED] function question

[tazgalsinh]

as part of my tables I have table headers which can be clicked to be sorted

<a href="race_details.php?sort=HorseName&race=<? echo $race ?>&course=<?php echo $course ?>&date=<?php echo $date ?>">

as you can see the link uses information posted from the previous query.

Here

?sort=HorseName 

is the column which will be the sort. How can I declare a function for the remainder of the code as that will be the same for the other headers

this bit

&race=<? echo $race ?>&course=<?php echo $course ?>&date=<?php echo $date ?>

[bradgrafelman]

What do you mean "declare a function" ? What are you trying to do with the rest of the information in the query?

[tazgalsinh]

so instead of writing

<a href="race_details.php?sort=HorseName&race=<? echo $race ?>&course=<?php echo $course ?>&date=<?php echo $date ?>">

I can just write

<a href="race_details.php?sort=RaceHandicap&<?php sort_Text()?>">

where sort_Text() is the function name

The contents of this function will include the bulk of the reused code

race=<? echo $race ?>&course=<?php echo $course ?>&date=<?php echo $date ?>

[bradgrafelman]

So just.. write a function that echo's that data out...

function sort_Text() {
global $race, $course, $date;
echo "race=$race&course=$course&date=$date";
}

If the variables you're wanting to use aren't global variables, you'll have to pass them as parameters to the function instead.

[tazgalsinh]

thats just what I need thanks, now I just need to work on ascending and descending sorting. thanks.