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title: "JavaScript runkit_method_add function"
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alias:
- /functions/view/runkit_method_add:813
- /functions/view/runkit_method_add
- /functions/view/813
- /functions/runkit_method_add:813
- /functions/813
---
<!-- Generated by Rakefile:build -->
A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's runkit_method_add

{% codeblock runkit/runkit_method_add.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/runkit/runkit_method_add.js raw on github %}
function runkit_method_add (classname, methodname, args, code, flags) {
  // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
  // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // *     example 1: function a (){}
  // *     example 1: runkit_method_add ('a', 'b', 'a,b', 'return a+b');
  // *     returns 1: true
  var func, argmnts = [];

  switch (flags) {
  case 'RUNKIT_ACC_PROTECTED':
    throw 'Protected not supported';
  case 'RUNKIT_ACC_PRIVATE':
    throw 'Private not supported';
  case 'RUNKIT_ACC_PUBLIC':
  default:
    break;
  }

  argmnts = args.split(/,\s*/);

  if (typeof classname === 'string') {
    classname = this.window[classname];
  }

  // Could use the following to add as a static method to the class
  //        func = Function.apply(null, argmnts.concat(code));
  //            classname[methodname] = func;
  func = Function.apply(null, argmnts.concat(code));
  classname.prototype[methodname] = func;
  return true;
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [view on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/runkit/runkit_method_add.js)
 - [edit on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/runkit/runkit_method_add.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
function a (){}
runkit_method_add ('a', 'b', 'a,b', 'return a+b');
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
true
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the runkit extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/runkit.html %}