missing argument

Anon

i finished building and testing a new web application a few weeks ago. it was also the first real thing i ever built. so today i hopped on because next week, it will begin to be implemented and i get these at the top of my page:

warning: missing argument 8 for database()

so i looked at my phpinfo() and saw that my server upgraded to php4.0.3pl.1

my question is, is this something new? i built my function under the assumption that empty argument in a function were fine if they weren't being used. am i wrong. is this just an option in the php.ini file to show these warnings that was turned on during the upgrade?

and is there any way that i can turn these errors off via my script?

thanks

Anon

You can turn the errors off in 2 ways.

error_reporting(0);

Put that at the top of your script and PHP won't tell you anything.

Or you can put the @ symbol infront of the function that is erroring, and PHP won't print the error but trap it.

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Turning error off is an option, but not looking at your fuel-guage is not going to stop your tank from running empty.

Personal opinion, ignore if found not-usefull:

PHP does let you leave out unused arguments, but should you be haopy with it? I doubt it.

1) arguments can only be left out in the order in which you can put them in. You can't leave out the second-last argument.

2) Not putting an argument in means that your function will have to check if the argument was put in or not.

3) It doesn't help for clarity, when all over your script the same function is being called with a different number of arguments.

Anon

i know that i should have every function with the same number of arguments. granted it does make it easier to read and much more clear, but i don't have the time to sit and go back through everything and add in the empty arguments.

thanks for the help.