RE: [PHP] or return problem

On 08 October 2003 16:43, Robert Cummings contributed these pearls of wisdom: > On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 11:43, Curt Zirzow wrote: >> * Thus wrote Chris Shiflett (shiflett@php.net): >>> --- "Ford, Mike [LSS]" <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk>" > <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk> wrote: >>>> Firstly, "or", as a Boolean operator requires two operands, >>>> both of which must have an actual value. >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>> statements don't have a value (and can't even be coerced to >>>> have one), so "return" can't be valid as one of the >>>> operands to "or". >>> >>> Based on yesterday's discussion, this seems to be a very >>> common misconception. I will try to clear it up. >> >> To add this, the 'include' family also accepts this construct: >> >> condition or include(file); >> >> Which also violates the rule that statments (constructs) dont >> have return values. Well, include isn't really just a statement, since "You can take the value of the include call as you would a normal function." (from http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php). Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211