<?php
function booo_spooky()
{
echo "I am booo_spooky. This name is okay!<br/>\n";
}
function ____333434343434334343()
{
echo <<<DONE
I am ____333434343434334343. This is an awfully
unreadable function name. But it is valid.
DONE;
}
//
// This next function name generates:
//
// Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER,
// expecting T_STRING in
// /home/httpd/www/phpwebapps/src/chapter03/playing.php
// on line 55
//
// Function names cannot start with numbers
//
function 234letters()
{
echo "I am not valid<br/>\n";
}
//
// Extended characters are ok.
//
function grüß_dich()
{
echo "Extended Characters are ok, but be careful!<br/>\n";
}
//
// REALLY extended characters are ok too!! Your file will
// probably have to be saved in a Unicode format though,
// such as UTF-8 (See Chapter 5).
//
function 日本語のファンクション()
{
echo <<<EOT
Even Japanese characters are ok in function names, but be
extra careful with these (see Chapter 5).
EOT;
}
?>

<?php
function my_new_function($param1, $param2, $param3, $param4)
{
echo <<<DONE
You passed in: <br/>
\$param1: $param1 <br/>
\$param2: $param2 <br/>
\$param3: $param3 <br/>
\$param4: $param4 <br/>
DONE;
}
//
// call my new function with some values.
//
$userName = "bobo";
$a = 54;
$b = TRUE;
my_new_function($userName, 6.22e23, pi(), $a or $b);
?>

$x = 10;
echo "\$x is: $x<br/>\n";
function change_parameter_value($param1)
{
$param1 = 20;
}
echo "\$x is: $x<br/>\n";
?>

<?php
function increment_variable(&$increment_me)
{
if (is_int($increment_me) is_float($increment_me))
{
$increment_me += 1;
}
}
$x = 20.5;
echo "\$x is: $x <br/>\n"; // prints 20.5
increment_variable(&$x);
echo "\$x is now: $x <br/>\n"; // prints 21.5
?>

<?php
function perform_sort($arrayData, $param2 = "qsort")
{
switch ($param)
{
case "qsort":
qsort($arrayData);
break;
case "insertion":
insertion_sort($arrayData);
break;
default:
bubble_sort($arrayData);
break;
}
}
?>