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+11 A:

function getLongestString() {
  $args = func_get_args();
  return max(array_map('strlen', $args));
}

Edit: In PHP 5.2 you have to store the result of func_get_args() in a temporary variable. In PHP 5.3 you can do this:

function getLongestString() {
  return max(array_map('strlen', func_get_args()));
}

cletus 2010-02-22 08:25:10

+1 great and easy way to come up with that so quickly

Sarfraz 2010-02-22 08:26:19

Only detail (which may or may not be wanted) is that if you call getLongestString("aaaaa","aa",99999999) it'll return 8, not 5.

Vinko Vrsalovic 2010-02-22 08:32:00

Fatal error: func_get_args(): Can't be used as a function parameter

Srinivas Tamada 2010-02-22 08:34:44

Srinivas Tamada: use a more recent PHP version. 5.3 has been out for quite a while now and has many improvements.

janmoesen 2010-02-22 08:36:46

@janmoesen Thank You

Srinivas Tamada 2010-02-22 08:42:47

very nice and clean solution

Pragati Sureka 2010-02-22 08:43:57

@Srinivas Tamada: Workaround: Store `func_get_args()` in a temporary variable and use this for the `array_map`.

Boldewyn 2010-02-22 08:45:11

Fixed it to work on PHP 5.2.

cletus 2010-02-22 08:46:30

PHP function to return the length of the longest string argument