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call_user_func_array

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4)

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:


<?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));
?>