passing variable to another function in PHP

Question

In following function:

function dateSelect($monthname,$dayname,$yearname) {
   echo "rs: " . $monthname;    
  dropdownDateSelect($monthName, $dayName, $yearName);    
}

$monthname gets echoed out correctly. However, it is empty inside function dropdownDateSelect. I am not sure why. I am getting "Variable $monthName seems to be uninitialized" error message in Netbeans IDE.

function dropdownDateSelect($monthName, $dayName, $yearName){
  echo "rss: " . $monthName;
}

Now in"rss: $monthName", $monthName is empty.

Could you elaborate why this is happening and how I can pass $monthName to dropdownDateSelect function?

Thank you.

@Jan because I have a sneaking suspicion that that's not the problem. My *"Spidey sense"* is tingling for some reason. — Funk Forty Niner, Oct 26 '15 at 19:09
I honestly don't know what you're trying to do here. You have a function inside a function. — Funk Forty Niner, Oct 26 '15 at 19:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '15 at 19:05

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You have to be aware of upper- and lowercase as they are not the same in PHP (see also the comments above). So this is how your function will work (with $monthName):

function dateSelect($monthName, $dayName, $yearName) {
    echo "rs: " . $monthName;    
    dropdownDateSelect($monthName, $dayName, $yearName);    
}

answered Oct 26 '15 at 19:05

Jan

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if that's what it is, great. We'll wait for what the OP has to say ;-) – Funk Forty Niner Oct 26 '15 at 19:11
@Fred-ii- [Take this](http://www.comicvine.com/forums/spider-man-167/how-do-you-beat-the-spider-sense-23767/)! I may quote: "When deprived of his spider-sense, Spider-Man becomes vulnerable to surveillance and attack and traveling by web-line requires most of his concentration." – Jan Oct 26 '15 at 19:35
@Jan Thank you so much. I am so silly and you caught it so quick. – Roshni Oct 26 '15 at 19:40
No worries. Indeed, Subin Thomas and Fred were battling each other in the first place... – Jan Oct 26 '15 at 19:41

passing variable to another function in PHP

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