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allworknoplay · 04-23-2009, 12:23 AM

Thanks Salathe for explaining it to me in layman's terms.

I'll look into the object literal, that doesn't look like it's something that is available in PHP right?
Sounds pretty cool though, almost like a shortcut to using objects...

On your last explanation:

++retval[…]

Would that be considered a unary operator?

Also, when evaluating conditions like this:

Code:

if(!retval.total)
    {
        return(retval);
    }

Why must one return (retval)? Could we just do "nothing"?

Like this:

Code:

if(!retval.total)
    {
        return false;
    }

04-23-2009, 12:23 AM	#12 (permalink)
allworknoplay The Gregarious Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 645 Thanks: 64	Thanks Salathe for explaining it to me in layman's terms. I'll look into the object literal, that doesn't look like it's something that is available in PHP right? Sounds pretty cool though, almost like a shortcut to using objects... On your last explanation: ++retval[…] Would that be considered a unary operator? Also, when evaluating conditions like this: Code: if(!retval.total) { return(retval); } Why must one return (retval)? Could we just do "nothing"? Like this: Code: if(!retval.total) { return false; }