User-defined functions

A function is defined using the function keyword, a name, a list of parameters (which might be empty) seperated by commas (,) enclosed in parentheses, followed by the body of the function enclosed in curly braces, such as the following:

Приклад #1 Declaring a new function named foo

<?php
function foo($arg_1, $arg_2, /* ..., */ $arg_n)
{
    echo "Example function.\n";
    return $retval;
}
?>

Зауваження:
As of PHP 8.0.0, the list of parameters may have a trailing comma:

<?php function foo($arg_1, $arg_2,) { } ?>

Any valid PHP code may appear inside the body of a function, even other functions and class definitions.

Function names follow the same rules as other labels in PHP. A valid function name starts with a letter or underscore, followed by any number of letters, numbers, or underscores. As a regular expression, it would be expressed thus: ^[a-zA-Z_\x80-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x80-\xff]*$.

Підказка

Див. Посібник з назв в користувацьому коді.

Functions need not be defined before they are referenced, except when a function is conditionally defined as shown in the two examples below.

When a function is defined in a conditional manner such as the two examples shown. Its definition must be processed prior to being called.

Приклад #2 Conditional functions

<?php

$makefoo = true;

/* We can't call foo() from here 
   since it doesn't exist yet,
   but we can call bar() */

bar();

if ($makefoo) {
  function foo()
  {
    echo "I don't exist until program execution reaches me.\n";
  }
}

/* Now we can safely call foo()
   since $makefoo evaluated to true */

if ($makefoo) foo();

function bar() 
{
  echo "I exist immediately upon program start.\n";
}

?>

Приклад #3 Functions within functions

<?php
function foo() 
{
  function bar() 
  {
    echo "I don't exist until foo() is called.\n";
  }
}

/* We can't call bar() yet
   since it doesn't exist. */

foo();

/* Now we can call bar(),
   foo()'s processing has
   made it accessible. */

bar();

?>

All functions and classes in PHP have the global scope - they can be called outside a function even if they were defined inside and vice versa.

PHP does not support function overloading, nor is it possible to undefine or redefine previously-declared functions.

Зауваження: Function names are case-insensitive for the ASCII characters A to Z, though it is usually good form to call functions as they appear in their declaration.

Both variable number of arguments and default arguments are supported in functions. See also the function references for func_num_args(), func_get_arg(), and func_get_args() for more information.

It is possible to call recursive functions in PHP.

Приклад #4 Recursive functions

<?php
function recursion($a)
{
    if ($a < 20) {
        echo "$a\n";
        recursion($a + 1);
    }
}
?>

Зауваження: Recursive function/method calls with over 100-200 recursion levels can smash the stack and cause a termination of the current script. Especially, infinite recursion is considered a programming error.