Gets the number of arguments passed to the function.
This function may be used in conjunction with func_get_arg() and func_get_args() to allow user-defined functions to accept variable-length argument lists.
Returns the number of arguments passed into the current user-defined function.
Generates a warning if called from outside of a user-defined function.
This function can now be used in parameter lists.
If this function is called from the outermost scope of a file which has been included by calling include or require from within a function in the calling file, it now generates a warning and returns -1.
Because this function depends on the current scope to determine parameter details, it cannot be used as a function parameter in versions prior to 5.3.0. If this value must be passed, the results should be assigned to a variable, and that variable should be passed.
<?php function foo() { $numargs = func_num_args(); echo "Number of arguments: $numargs\n"; } foo(1, 2, 3); ?>
The above example will output:
Number of arguments: 3
test.php <?php function foo() { include './fna.php'; } foo('First arg', 'Second arg'); ?> fna.php <?php $num_args = func_num_args(); var_export($num_args); ?>
Output previous to PHP 5.3:
2
Output in PHP 5.3 and later will be something similar to:
Warning: func_num_args(): Called from the global scope - no function context in /home/torben/Desktop/code/ml/fna.php on line 3 -1
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