How to create loop templates in php

Question

As we can define loop templates in C++, for making coding shorter:

#define fo(a,b,c) for( a = ( b ); a < ( c ); ++ a )

Is there any way to d

Answer 1

How about something like:

function my_macro($a, $b, $c) {
  $args = func_get_args();
  array_shift($args);
  array_shift($args);
  array_shift($args);

  return call_user_func_array("something_horrifically_long_involving_{$a}_{$b}_and_{$c}", $args);
}