question on functions

sarmenhb · 01-27-2008, 07:41 AM

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

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

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

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

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];
  }
}