PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined

[Noongar]

Does anyone know why I am getting

PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ()

?

 

<?php
$capitals = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
$capitalsinteger = rand(1-26);
$capital = $capitals($capitalsinteger);

$lowercases = 'abcdefghijklmnpqrstuvwxyz';
$lowercasesinteger = rand(1-26);
$lowercase = $lowercases($lowercasesinteger);

$firstnamelowercaseslength = rand(5-10);
$firstnamelowercaseslengthcounter = 0;
$randomizedfirstnamelowercases = '';
firstname:
$randomizedfirstnamelowercases .= $lowercase;
$firstnamelowercaseslengthcounter++;
if ($firstnamelowercaseslengthcounter != $firstnamelowercaseslength) {
	goto firstname;
}

echo $capital.$randomizedfirstnamelowercases;
?>

[The Little Guy]

because the function doesn't exist, or your not including it in your code

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Did you look at the line in your code and try to determine why php thought you were attempting to call a function having a name of the contents of your variable, instead of php treating the variable as an array? Wouldn't that suggest that you need to use array syntax instead of function syntax? The syntax for referencing an array element uses []

[Noongar]

If I knew what your asking already, I wouldn't be asking.

 

Thanks for teaching me that [] is associated with arrays. I am grateful.

[Muddy_Funster]

to call a php function you generaly use functionName(variableValue), which is exactly what you are doing here:

$capital = $capitals($capitalsinteger);

let me illustrate with this code:

<?php
$anynameyoulike = "MyFunction";
function MyFunction($start, $finish){
$number = rand($start,$finish);
return $number;
}

$anyOtherName = MyFunction(1,5);
$aThirdName = $anynameyoulike(20,27);

echo "$anyOtherName<br><br><br>$aThirdName";

?>

 

the key lines are the two just above the echo line. see how both MyFunction and $anynameyoulike can both be used to call the function? So your code has PHP looking up what $capitals contains and then trying to find a function with the name that matches the string content of the variable (which we all know it can't do).

 

You need to totaly redesign your code.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

LOL, the OP is using an array of letters and randomly selecting an index/letter. He's not trying to call a function and he's not trying to use variable functions.