Changing funcation name dynamically

[dcjones]

Hi all,

I have a script which holds a funcation which I need to change the name of dynamically. I need to change the name "myRecordHandler" in the funcation name to the content of the "$fileFlag". I have been messing with this all day with no results. Can any one help.

$fileCount = 0;
while($fileCount < 2) 
{
	if($fileCount == 0){
		$xmlFile = "lhr_d.txt";
		$fileFlag = "depart";
	}elseif($fileCount == 1){
		$xmlFile = "lhr_a.txt";
		$fileFlag = "arrive";
	}	
function myRecordHandler($record)
{

// do whatever

}

$result = MagicParser_parse("/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/xml/" . $xmlFile ." ","" . $fileFlag . ""","xml|RESULTS/FLIGHT/");

$fileCount = $fileCount+1;
}

[dagon]

sounds like a terrible idea, why not pass $fileFlag as an argument

[NogDog]

As I have no idea why you want/need to use this, I cannot heartily recommend it, but you could just define the possible function names to call your function:

function depart($record) {
   return myRecordHandler($record);
}
function arrive($record) {
   return myRecordHandler($record);
}