Re: or return problem
| From: | Curt Zirzow | Date: | Tue, 07 Oct 2003 20:45:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: or return problem | ||
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* Thus wrote Pat Carmody (pcarmody@c-spanarchives.org):
>
>
> Calling the following retor_test() function causes a "Parse error: parse
> error, unexpected T_RETURN" message when the script is run:
>
> function istrue() {
> return true;
> }
> function retor_test() {
> istrue() or return( "False" );
> return "True";
> }
>
> The problem is with the "or return" part. Any ideas why? I realize that
> I could use an if statement instead, but I'm a lazy, lazy man and I don't
> want to.
I wouldn't call this lazy, more like sloppy and confusing.
return (istrue()? 'True': 'False');
hmm.. less typing, easier to understand and logically readable.
Curt
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