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sarmenhb

01-27-2008 07:41 AM

question on functions

if i wrote something like this

Code:



<?php



function names($fname,$lname,$mname)

{



return array( '$FirstName' => '$fname',

              '$LastName' => '$lname',

              '$MiddleName' => '$mname');

}



names('sarmenhb','sarmenhb','sarmenhb');

names('a','b','c');

names('c','d','e');



?>

how can i output what the names function contains or how can i make use of this.

im beginning to think that arrays can be similar to ram like a temporary database or information storage that is volatile ;-)

Orc	01-27-2008 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarmenhb (Post 9759)

if i wrote something like this

Code:



<?php



function names($fname,$lname,$mname)

{



return array( '$FirstName' => '$fname',

              '$LastName' => '$lname',

              '$MiddleName' => '$mname');

}



names('sarmenhb','sarmenhb','sarmenhb');

names('a','b','c');

names('c','d','e');



?>

What are you trying to do? You should make that a var then iterate the variable using foreach, and return the new iterated var. Otherwise it'll just output "Array"

sarmenhb

01-27-2008 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orc (Post 9760)

What are you trying to do? You should make that a var then iterate the variable using foreach, and return the new iterated var. Otherwise it'll just output "Array"

im reading this book and its starting to talk about OOP and its relation functions to classes and it showed that example.

i thought it was pretty cool. and wondered how i can make use of it.

Orc	01-27-2008 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarmenhb (Post 9761)

im reading this book and its starting to talk about OOP and its relation functions to classes and it showed that example.

i thought it was pretty cool. and wondered how i can make use of it.

you could try multidimensional arrays

PHP Code:


		
			
function array_multidim()
{
$array = array(
        array(
                0 => "Hello World!"
)
);
  // Iterative Construct
  foreach ($array as $a => $data)
  {

   return $a[$data];
  }
}

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