Re: or return problem
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:25:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: or return problem | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.general |
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> Why won't any of you give a good reason why it won't work? How come this
> works:
>
> function foo() {
> 2+2==4 or die("The world is ending, or at least your processor!");
> }
>
> But this doesn't:
>
> function foo() {
> 2+2==4 or return("The world is ending, or at least your processor!");
> }
>
> The way I see it, there's something really odd going on here.
Directly from the docs:
http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.return.php
First line:
"If called from within a function, the return() statement
immediately ends execution of the current function"
Important concept:
IMMEDIATELY returns.
Learn to read.
Rob.
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