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abdul raziq
abdul raziq

Reputation: 859

How does function as a parameter to another function work in PHP?

The following code show some function called as parameter to another function:

$somevar = count(substr(time(),0,10));
echo $somevar;

Does the innermost function gets executed first?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 54

Answers (1)

Amal Murali
Amal Murali

Reputation: 76666

Yes. The above code translates to the following:

$timestamp = time();
$first_ten_chars = substr($timestamp ,0 , 10);
$somevar = count($first_ten_chars);

However, the code doesn't really make much sense. time() returns a Unix timestamp, and it will have (most likely have) 10 characters (unless you're talking about a date that's 273+ years from now), so the substr() function will just return the entire timestamp. count() counts the number of elements in an array / object, and since you're passing a string, it will always return 1.

If you state what you're trying to do, I may be able to suggest the correct way of doing it.

Upvotes: 5

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