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

"Jome" <jome@emoj.net> wrote in message news:20030316010053.98539.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > 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 THANKS!! I inserted the ampersands and it works beautifully ...