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16 years ago
I had some problems using this function - it didn't want to apply PHP-defined functions. So I decided to write my own - here it is. I had to use some generic-programming skills, didn't really checked the speed (I think it could be slow)... I believe it could be much better, but I don't know, how - well, I guess multiple array support and recursion would be nice. So?

Prototype:
bool arrayWalk(array &$arry, callback $callback, mixed $params=false)

<?php

    function arrayWalk(&$arry, $callback, $params=false) {
        $P=array(""); // parameters
        $a=""; // arguement string :)

        if($params !== false) { // add parameters
            if(is_array($params)) { // multiple additional parameters
                foreach($params as $par)
                    { $P[]=$par; }
            }
            else // just one additional
                { $P[]=$params; }
        }

        for( // create the arguement string
            $i=0; isset($P[$i]); ++$i
        )
            { $a.='$'.chr($i + 97).', '; } // random argument names

        $a=substr($a, 0, -2); // to get rid of the last comma and two spaces

        $func=create_function($a, 'return '.$callback.'('.$a.');'); // the generic function

        if(is_callable($func)) {
            for( // cycle through array
                $i=0; isset($arry[$i]); ++$i
            ) {
                $P[0]=$arry[$i]; // first element must be the first argument - array value
                $arry[$i] = call_user_func_array($func, $P); // assign the new value obtained by the generic function
            }
        }
        else
            { return false; } // failure - function not callable

        return true; // success!
    } // arrayWalk()

?>

One big problem I've noticed so far - for example, if you wanted to use str_replace on the array, you'd fail - simply because of the arguement order of str_replace, where the string modified is the third arguement, not the first as arrayWalk requires.

So, still some work left...
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