Re: [PHP-DEV] Advice wanted on function arguments

2002-01-05 Thread Andi Gutmans
Just be aware that POST/GET/COOKIE data is always saved as a string. So if someone sends you 2 it'll be the string "2". If the arguments to your function won't originate from the above but are written by the developer then overloading will work well. If not you might want to consider splitting

Re: [PHP-DEV] Advice wanted on function arguments

2002-01-05 Thread Markus Fischer
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 02:10:17PM -0600, Brian Foddy wrote : > 2. Overload the function arguments and check which type of arg is being >passed. Just accept a ZVAL and do your appropriate conversion later on. > > Questions... > 2. How difficult / successful is it to test the arg t

[PHP-DEV] Advice wanted on function arguments

2002-01-05 Thread Brian Foddy
In an external php module project (php-tuxedo), we have a group of about 7 php functions that, depending on how we design them, could take two different types of arguments. 1. A integer argument 2. A string argument. If the string argument is given, there is another routine that can convert it