smack me!

ok, i use alot of functions and use the switch function to select which function to load.

swith($var)

case "test";
include(realpath("filename.php"));
functionname();
break;

....


so you get the idea, now im developing a cms system and have created a special function

function DisplayFunction($file, $function)
{

$path = "functions/" . $file;

include(realpath($path));

$value = $function();

echo $value;

}

this will replace

include(realpath("filename.php"));
functionname();

so i would replace it with

DisplayFunction("filename.php", "functionname");

this will include and call the function. now this works, but ive got a feelling that calling a function with a variable, is not going to work on all versions of PHP

$function();

does any one know what versions of PHP allow you to call a FUNCTION with a variable, hence allowing you to call a dynamic function name (w00p)

thx

It goes back a good way, pre 4.0 I believe. You could always just code it as {$function}(); if you want to be safe tho'

Last night I was reading an old PHP programming book that was written at PHP 3.0 and they used $functionname() in an example. I think you will be pretty safe using it. you could use {$function}() as mentioned above or the eval() function.

cool, thanks for the information

smack

lol

ok, im using my super cool function now, and it works like a charm, feel free to use it.

it's strange to see you get stuck on a script ben

Gee... I'm so lost with what you guys have said...

I gotta start doing more studying...

i wasnt really stuck, more like i just wanted people opion. This CMS system has got to work on a majority of server configurations, so i need it to work.