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

Hi, Sunday, March 16, 2003, 10:52:49 AM, you wrote: RD> Hi ... PHP newbie here. RD> I'm migrating from ASP/vbScript. RD> I'd like to set up a subroutine that will change several variables at once. RD> In VB, I can say: RD> Private Sub Change_Variables ($variable1, $variable2) RD> $variable1 = "Something different from it's original value" RD> $variable2 = "I'm changed also!!" RD> End Sub RD> // in my code I can call it like this: RD> $My_variable1 = "This is the original value of variable1" RD> $My_variable2 = "This is the original value of variable2" RD> Call Change_Variables ($My_variable1, $My_variable2) RD> // after calling this subroutine the variables are changed: RD> print $My_variable1 // yeilds: "Something different from it's original RD> value" RD> print $My_variable2 // yields: "I'm changed also!!" RD> I try to convert this to PHP, and I'm getting stuck. I'm sure there's a RD> kind of function that can do this. RD> Any ideas? RD> TIA You need this: function Change_Variables (&$variable1, &$variable2){ $variable1 = "Something different from it's original value" $variable2 = "I'm changed also!!" } (notice the '&' symbols) -- regards, Tom