RE: [PHP] Variables inside a function

[snip] I then echo $blah; somewhere else in the script but nothing is echo'd. How do I make it so that I can use $blah anywhere in the script? [/snip] I went back and re-read the post, and his question above is the important one.... First you must return something from the function, then you must assign the returned data to a variable... long-hand function blah ($bl,$ah) { $bl++; $ah++; $blah=$bl+$ah; return $blah; } $dork = blah($foo, $bar); $dork is now the value of the returned $blah and $dork may be used with the value over and over until it is re-written or over-written