Re: More frustration with MySQL and PHP

On Jan 22, 2008 9:03 AM, Eric Butera <eric.butera@gmail.com> wrote: > That is basically it. You're going to want to learn the why, not just > the how though. There is a reason for creating functions and it isn't > just code reuse. Think about when you want to change your export > script. Say you needed to add a field to it. Right now you have to > edit some web facing php script mixed with code that handles the > request and connects to your database. Wouldn't it be easier if you > just could edit a very specific spot that was easy to get to and pop a > column on to that instead of sifting through dozens of if statements? Eric's exactly right, J. I started working with PHP about a decade ago (yeah, I was one of the 1% or so that played around with PHP/FI2 - and I still have a copy of it, actually). I really didn't appreciate functions as much as I should have until the release of PHP4, and like Eric said, it's not just for 'reusability' - it's also for portability, centralization, extensibility, and a whole bunch of other great words with expansive suffixes. -- </Dan> Daniel P. Brown Senior Unix Geek and #1 Rated "Year's Coolest Guy" By Self Since Nineteen-Seventy-[mumble].