RE: [PHP] Function returns

This is NOT good coding practice, ONLY return something from a function / method if it needs to, otherwise you may get a performance hit. regards Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Mark Cubitt [mailto:mark.cubitt@applegate.co.uk] Sent: 12 January 2004 17:06 To: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Function returns Shawn McKenzie wrote: > Maybe a dumb question, but as good coding practice, should all functions > return something even if they don't need to??? > > Example: > > function do_it() > { > echo "hi"; > } > > --or-- > > function do_it() > { > return echo "hi"; > } > > Also, if they do other things but really don't return anything, should they > return true maybe??? I don't think there is a right or wrong way but personally I would do it like this: function do_it() { echo "hi" || return 0; return 1; } -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php