Re: Functions

Hi, You might wanna try something like this: function cleaner($var) {

    $var = trim($var);
    $var = strip_tags($var);
    $var = ucfirst($var);
    $var = addslashes($var);
    // This line is not required $var = str_replace ("$","",$var);
    return ($var)

} And to actually use this function you will have to use something like this. $var = cleaner($var); Regards, Amit Arora www.digitalamit.com benc11@gmail.com wrote:

I was able to get the return to work but not the pass in the reference. One last question, what if I want to have each item on a separate line like: function cleaner($var) { trim($var); strip_tags($var); ucfirst($var); addslashes($var); str_replace ("$","",$var); } $var = "abc's"; echo $var; How would I return the results here, I tried various different ways none of them worked? On 6/29/06, Chris <dmagick@gmail.com> wrote:

benc11@gmail.com wrote:

I am trying to create a function to clean up variables that are user inputted from a form. I am not getting this script to work. Can

anyone

help. ---Start Script--- function cleaner($var) { trim(strip_tags(ucfirst(addslashes($var)))); } $var = "abc's"; echo $var;

You need to return the value from the function: return trim(strip_tags(.....) or pass in a reference: function cleaner (&$var) -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/