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Posted by ED on 05/19/06 19:01
"Ridge Burner" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Obqdna1hoJb6RfDZnZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@insightbb.com...
>I have seen this done before, but I can't remember the specifics nor any
>keywords really to Google it. Hopefully someone can point me in the right
>direction.
>
> I want to use a parameter in custom function to determine what pre-defined
> function to call to manipulate some text.
>
> <?php
> $string = "hello world";
>
> function change_text($string,$mode='NORMAL'){
> if($mode != 'NORMAL'){
> return $mode($string); //$mode should become the name of
> the function I want to call to manipulate the text
> }else{
> return $string;
> }
> }
>
> //Some examples of what I want
> echo change_text($string); // return hello world
> echo change_text($string,'ucwords'); // return Hello World
> echo change_text($string,'strtoupper'); // return HELLO WORLD
> echo change_text($string,'strtolower'); // return hello world
> echo change_text($string,'ucfirst'); // return Hello world
> ?>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
>
> --Ridge
>
Try this,
cheers ED
function change_text($string,$mode='NORMAL'){
if($mode != 'NORMAL'){
return call_user_func($mode, $string);
}else{
return $string;
}
}
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