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Mark VonGyer
21,239 PointsWhy would I use default value?
Not sure why I would use the default value.
Would you call a function that needs data passed in if you aren't going to pass anything in?
Anyone used this in practice?
Mark VonGyer
21,239 PointsÃŽt's generally speaking. I saw it on the video on PHP tutorial - default function value.
But why use a default? Is it to protect from errors in code?
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Kevin Korte
28,148 PointsSure, just about every CMS uses this. Take wordpress for example, there are probably literally hundreds of functions that are defined in Wordpress and available to use. Most of all of these functions have sensible defaults if arguments are not passed in.
Outside of WP, let's say you had a function that generated a menu. Most menus are generally the alike. This one function could generate two different menus depending on the arguments passed through.
A function is for reusable bits of code. Optional arguments just give the function the ability to be more customizable while still being DRY.
shawn stokes
5,651 Pointsshawn stokes
5,651 Pointscan you post the code for the function. more or less it depends what the function is doing. with out seeing the code for the function i cant really say.