Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/17/06 11:45

BabyBlue wrote:
> I have a function like this:
> function get_articles($cat=1,$numberposts=1);
>
> it can be used:
> get_articles(cat=4&numberposts=6);
> //will display 6 posts from category 6
>
> then I want to use that function within another function, like this:
>
> function display_cat($new_cat=1,$new_num=1,$othercontent="")
> {
> get_articles(cat=$new_cat&numberposts=$new_num)
>
> ......
> }
>
>
> Can I pass function like this ?
>

No, you are incorrect. You would call it with:

get_articles(4, 6);

"cat=4&numberposts=6" is strictly an HTML implementation. It's not used
within functions like this.

So in your display_cat function, you would call it with

get_articles($new_cat, $numberposts);

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