[SOLVED] Multiple function names?

[acctman]

is it possible to set multiple names for a function?

 

something like this... would that work? or does each function have to be separate

function test1($blah), test2($blah) {

 

do something

 

}

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[will35010]

I don't know if it will, but I doubt it. You could either use one name or copy the function and just rename the copy.

[J.Daniels]

I'm not sure why you would need to do this, but you can have the second function call the first:

 

function test1($blah) {
...
}

function test2($blah) {
    return test1($blah);
}

[wildteen88]

something like this... would that work? or does each function have to be separate

function test1($blah), test2($blah) {

do something

}

Why would you define two functions that did the same thing? That makes no sense at all.

[acctman]

something like this... would that work? or does each function have to be separate

function test1($blah), test2($blah) {

do something

}

Why would you define two functions that did the same thing? That makes no sense at all.

 

i have a script of function that is used on multiple site. to avoid conflicts and going through multiple files renaming functions I thought it would just be easier to have a function with multiple names

[Maq]

i have a script of function that is used on multiple site. to avoid conflicts and going through multiple files renaming functions I thought it would just be easier to have a function with multiple names

 

I would assume the opposite.  Wouldn't you want to have consistent names?  Making two functions that have the same exact effect would make no sense at all.

[rhodesa]

Agreed...I would try and keep things consistent. If you change the name of the function for some reason, and want to keep the old name for depreciation purposes, I would have the old function name call the new function name. This way you can also add a piece that either displays a DEPRECIATED message, or sends an email to an admin notifying them that something is using the depreciated function name.

[roopurt18]

What rhodesa said.

 

In all of my programs I use set_error_handler() to define my own error handler that logs errors to a file.

 

When a piece of code becomes deprecated, I perform the following:

function DoSomething() {
  trigger_error( 'DEPRECATED: ' . __FUNCTION__ . ' is deprecated, use DoSomethingNew() instead.' );
  DoSomethingNew();
}

function DoSomethingNew() {
  // Replaces DoSomething()
  // Function body follows...
}

 

Then once per day, week, or month I have the error log e-mailed to me and start a new one.

[acctman]

thanks for all the advice... with the help of find and replace i changed all code to run off of one function.