Re: PHP newbie ... function with several returns ?

Robert Dyke wrote: > Hi ... PHP newbie here. > > I'm migrating from ASP/vbScript. > > I'd like to set up a subroutine that will change several variables at > once. > > In VB, I can say: > > Private Sub Change_Variables ($variable1, $variable2) > $variable1 = "Something different from it's original value" > $variable2 = "I'm changed also!!" > End Sub > > // in my code I can call it like this: > $My_variable1 = "This is the original value of variable1" > $My_variable2 = "This is the original value of variable2" > > Call Change_Variables ($My_variable1, $My_variable2) > > // after calling this subroutine the variables are changed: > > print $My_variable1 // yeilds: "Something different from it's > original value" > print $My_variable2 // yields: "I'm changed also!!" > > I try to convert this to PHP, and I'm getting stuck. I'm sure > there's a kind of function that can do this. > > Any ideas? VB defaults to pass by reference while PHP defaults to pass by value. Read more at: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.pass.php Jome