Hi Chris, In perl ther is the concept of @_ which is the list of incoming parameter to a subroutine. It is possible to have something like my $sock = shift; As I understand this the first parameter of the @_ list would be shifted. I see for array_shift there must be an argument, the array name to shift, while in perl if the array name is omitted the @_ function list is used. Is ther a php equivalent to the @_ list or how might I use array_shift to achieve the same result as in perl? C> Richard Luckhurst wrote: >> Hi All >> >> I am in the process of porting a perl script and I am trying to fin out if there >> is a php equivalent to the perl shift function? I have been looking at the php >> manual and google searching so far with no luck. C> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-shift.php Regards, Richard Luckhurst -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php