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<h1 class="refname">SQLite3::createFunction</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SQLite3::createFunction</span> — <span class="dc-title">Registers a PHP function for use as an SQL scalar function</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-sqlite3.createfunction-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SQLite3::createFunction</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$callback</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$argument_count</code><span class="initializer"> = -1</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Registers a PHP function or user-defined function for use as an SQL scalar
function for use within SQL statements.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-sqlite3.createfunction-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">name</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Name of the SQL function to be created or redefined.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">callback</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The name of a PHP function or user-defined function to apply as a
callback, defining the behavior of the SQL function.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">argument_count</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The number of arguments that the SQL function takes. If
this parameter is negative, then the SQL function may take
any number of arguments.
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-sqlite3.createfunction-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> upon successful creation of the function, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-sqlite3.createfunction-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>SQLite3::createFunction()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">my_udf_md5</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$string</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">md5</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$string</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SQLite3</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysqlitedb.db'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createFunction</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_udf_md5'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_udf_md5'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">querySingle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SELECT my_udf_md5("test")'</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
string(32) "098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6"
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