Re: or { blah blah blah }

> Inside a function, I am reading data from MySQL. In case any of these calls > fail I follow them with something like: > > or echo "Can't make query to database!"; > > The problem is, I want to do more things than just this... and then I want to > return out of the function rather than continuing to execute statements. > > However, the following doesn't work... I get a parsing error.. How can it be > done? > > or > { > echo "Can't make query to database!"; > return; > } > > .. other statements .. > > I could have it call another function to do more things, but then how would I > have it return out of it's current function when done doing those things? > This is a pretty disasterous inability, not recognizing code blocks. Hi Matthew, Please check out the manual for details on the ternary operator - then consider that vis-a-vis "code blocks". The 'traditional' alternative using 'code blocks' would be: $check = databaseFn(...); if ( $check ) // then clause = successful, proceed with process // (opt) else clause = failure, note in log/on screen, set indicators as appropriate, return // use NOT in the condition if makes the code easier to read Regards, =dn