At 11:50 AM 12/8/2001 +0100, Stig S. Bakken wrote: >Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > > > >Guys, relax. No, this does not work. The only reason your example > works > > > >is because min() is a built-in PHP function already. > > > > > > > > > > man now i am crushed... i knew it wouldn't work - that's why i never > > > tried. i was so amazed when i tried that i must have been blind to > the fact > > > that i chose a bad example... > > > > > > has anyone every thought of adding such a thing? the dev team can > surely > > > appreciate it because #defined macros are all over the php source. > > > > You can use create_function() to do something like that. See > > http://php.net/create_function > > > > Or simply make a function. The point of macros in a language like C is > > that they are processed before compilation and a real function call is > > avoided. This does not apply to a non-compiled language like PHP so there > > is no reason not to simply create a PHP-level function if you want > > something like that. > >You mean a non-precompiled language like PHP. Technically speaking, PHP >has been compiling for a while.
I wouldn't call PHP a compiled language. It's basically still an interpreter like Perl & Python. Andi -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
