call_user_func_array

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)

call_user_func_array --  Call a user function given with an array of parameters

Description

mixed call_user_func_array ( callback function, array param_arr )

Call a user defined function given by function, with the parameters in param_arr. For example:

Example 1. call_user_func_array() example

<?php
function debug($var$val
{
    echo 
"***DEBUGGING\nVARIABLE: $var\nVALUE:";
    if (
is_array($val) || is_object($val) || is_resource($val)) {
        
print_r($val);
    } else {
        echo 
"\n$val\n";
    }
    echo 
"***\n";
}

$c mysql_connect();
$host $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];

call_user_func_array('debug', array("host"$host));
call_user_func_array('debug', array("c"$c));
call_user_func_array('debug', array("_POST"$_POST));
?>

See also call_user_func(), and information about the callback type