PHP Manual: call_user_func

call_user_func_array

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)

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:

Example 1. call_user_func_array() 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));
?>

See also call_user_func(), and information about the callback type