How to pass variable to add_settings_section() callback?

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I am attempting to automate, as much as possible, the Settings API function calls for each setting in a Plugin. Looping through the options array, and outputting add_settings_section() and add_settings_field() is simple enough:

add_settings_section():

$oenology_hooks_tabs = oenology_hooks_get_settings_page_tabs();
foreach ( $oenology_hooks_tabs as $tab ) {
    $tabname = $tab['name'];
    $tabtitle = $tab['title'];
    $tabsections = $tab['sections'];
    foreach ( $tabsections as $section ) {
        $sectionname = $section['name'];
        $sectiontitle = $section['title'];
        $sectiondescription = $section['description'];
        // Add settings section
        add_settings_section(
            'oenology_hooks_' . $sectionname . '_section',
            $sectiontitle,
            'oenology_hooks_' . $sectionname . '_text',
            'oenology_hooks_' . $tabname . '_tab'
        );
    }
}

And `add_settings_field():

global $oenology_hooks;
$oenology_hooks = oenology_hooks_get_hooks();

foreach ( $oenology_hooks as $hook ) {
    $hookname = $hook['name'];
    $hooktitle = $hook['title'];
    $hooktab = $hook['tab'];
    $hooksection = $hook['section'];
    add_settings_field(
        'oenology_hooks_' . $hookname,
        $hooktitle,
        'oenology_hooks_setting_callback',
        'oenology_hooks_' . $hooktab . '_tab',
        'oenology_hooks_' . $hooksection . '_section',
        $hook
    );
}

With add_settings_field(), I can easily write a generic callback, by passing the $hook variable to the callback, as the fifth parameter in the function call:

function oenology_hooks_setting_callback( $hook ) {
    $oenology_hooks_options = get_option( 'plugin_oenology_hooks_settings' ); 
    $hookname = $hook['name'];
    $hooktitle = $hook['title'];
    $hookdescription = $hook['description'];
    $hooktype = $hook['type'];
    $hooktab = $hook['tab'];
    $hooksection = $hook['section'];
    $inputvalue = $hookname . '_hide';
    $inputname="plugin_oenology_hooks_settings[" . $inputvalue . ']';
    $textareaname="plugin_oenology_hooks_settings[" . $hookname . ']';
    $textareavalue = $oenology_hooks_options[$hookname];
    if ( 'Filter' == $hooktype ) {
        ?>
        <input type="checkbox" name="<?php echo $inputname; ?>" value="<?php echo $inputvalue;?>" <?php checked( true == $oenology_hooks_options[$inputvalue]  ); ?> />
        <span>Hide <?php echo $hooktitle; ?> content?</span><br />
        <?php
    }
    ?>
    <span class="description"><?php echo $hooktype; ?> Hook: <?php echo $hookdescription; ?></span><br />
    <textarea name="<?php echo $textareaname; ?>" cols="80" rows="3" ><?php 
        echo esc_textarea( $textareavalue ); 
    ?></textarea>
    <?php 
}

However, it appears that add_settings_section() does not have an analogous $args parameter; thus, I cannot use the same method to pass the $section variable to the callback.

Thus, my question: is there any way to pass a variable to the add_settings_section() callback, or some other way to create a callback analogous to what I’m doing for add_settings_field()?

EDIT:

@Bainternet nailed it! Here’s my working code:

/**
 * Callback for add_settings_section()
 * 
 * Generic callback to output the section text
 * for each Plugin settings section. 
 * 
 * @param   array   $section_passed Array passed from add_settings_section()
 */
function oenology_hooks_sections_callback( $section_passed ) {
    global $oenology_hooks_tabs;
    $oenology_hooks_tabs = oenology_hooks_get_settings_page_tabs();
    foreach ( $oenology_hooks_tabs as $tab ) {
        $tabname = $tab['name'];
        $tabsections = $tab['sections'];
        foreach ( $tabsections as $section ) {
            $sectionname = $section['name'];
            $sectiondescription = $section['description'];
            $section_callback_id = 'oenology_hooks_' . $sectionname . '_section';
            if ( $section_callback_id == $section_passed['id'] ) {
                ?>
                <p><?php echo $sectiondescription; ?></p>
                <?php
            }
        }
    }
}

3

if you look at the do_settings_sections function more specifically the line 1164 where the callback function is being executed :

call_user_func($section['callback'], $section);

you can see that the $section array is being passed to the callback function, so you can identify the callback by the $section['id']

hope this make since.

Update

here is an example, if your add_settings_section callback for all sections was named oenology_hooks_section_callback then you can identify it like this: 

function oenology_hooks_section_callback($section_passed){
    if ($section_passed['id'] == 'whatever_section_id'){
        //do stuff
    }
    if ($section_passed['id'] == 'whatever_section_id_number2'){
        //do other stuff
    }
 }

and by do stuff i mean do whatever you want to do with that section callback.

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