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PHP PHP Functions Introducing Functions PHP Function Default Arguments

Vishal Nand
Vishal Nand
1,777 Points
Posted by Vishal Nand
Vishal Nand
1,777 Points

Checking when argument is missing

At 04:20, when we remove the second argument and preview it shows, "Mike has arrived, they are with as a " but when I do the same I get an error. Am I missing on something? The code is the same though.

1 Answer

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Hmm, that should error - I don't know how that works in the example! Unless the error reporting is at a lower level. In other words, PHP has a setting where you can choose how bad you can code before it dies :-p The higher this setting, the better for you!

If you want to match the video, you can default the second argument to an empty string.

<?php


someFunction($argumentOne, $argumentTwo = '') {
    echo "Something $argumentOne with $argumentTwo";
}


someFunction('one argument only');