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PHP PHP Functions Introducing Functions PHP Function Default Arguments

Elena Paraschiv
Elena Paraschiv
9,938 Points
Posted by Elena Paraschiv
Elena Paraschiv
9,938 Points

What if $name=Null ?

The code in the video is 

<?php
function get_info($name, $title = Null){

  if($title){
    echo "$name has arrived. They are with us as a $title.";
  } else {
    echo "$name has arrived. They have no title.";
  }
}

get_info("Mike");
?>

What if instead we want the name to be null?

<?php
function get_info($name= Null, $title ){

  if($name){
    echo "$name has arrived. They are with us as a $title.";
  } else {
    echo "$name has arrived. They have no title.";
  }
}

get_info("Mike");
?>

What would we write in the parathesis? get_info();

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
9,385 Points

If you have a list of parameters like in your example you need to supply them left-to-right to preserve the order.

get_info(null, "Mike");

Is how you'd skip the first parameter and send in the second.