function getSupportFunctionsDefinition() {

	// EXAMPLE of InputArgs_json
	// {
	//     "simpleArg": "string",
	//     "argWithDefault": {
	//         "type": "int",
	//         "default": 10
	//     },
	//     "argByReference": {
	//         "type": "array",
	//         "reference": true
	//     },
	//     "optionalComplex": {
	//         "type": "?string",
	//         "default": null
	//     }
	// }




    $supportFunctions = "";
    
    foreach (sql("SELECT Name, InputArgs_json, PhpCode FROM SYS_PRD_BND.SupportFunctions WHERE PhpCode IS NOT NULL") as $f) {
        
        $inputArgs = json_decode($f["InputArgs_json"], true);
        $compiledArgs = [];

        if (is_array($inputArgs)) {
            foreach ($inputArgs as $name => $config) {
                $parts = [
                    'type' => '',
                    'ref'  => '',
                    'name' => '$' . $name,
                    'default' => ''
                ];

                // Case A: Expanded Object Configuration
                if (is_array($config)) {
                    // 1. Type Hinting (e.g., "string", "?int", "MyClass")
                    if (!empty($config['type'])) {
                        $parts['type'] = $config['type'] . ' ';
                    }

                    // 2. Pass by Reference
                    if (!empty($config['reference']) && $config['reference'] === true) {
                        $parts['ref'] = '&';
                    }
                    
                    // 3. Variadic Arguments (...$args)
                    if (!empty($config['variadic']) && $config['variadic'] === true) {
                        $parts['ref'] = '...'; 
                    }

                    // 4. Default Values
                    // We use array_key_exists so we can detect if the default is actually NULL
                    if (array_key_exists('default', $config)) {
                        // var_export converts the value to parsable PHP code (adds quotes to strings, preserves arrays)
                        $parts['default'] = ' = ' . var_export($config['default'], true);
                    }
                } 
                // Case B: Simple Key-Value pair (Backward Compatibility / Simple Type)
                // Example: "endpoint": "string"
                elseif (is_string($config) && !empty($config)) {
                    $parts['type'] = $config . ' ';
                }

                // Assemble definition: "string &$name = 'value'"
                $compiledArgs[] = "{$parts['type']}{$parts['ref']}{$parts['name']}{$parts['default']}";
            }
        }

        $argsString = implode(", ", $compiledArgs);
        $supportFunctions .= "function {$f['Name']}($argsString) {\n{$f['PhpCode']}\n}\n";
    }

    return $supportFunctions;
}