Re: About printing functions

2009/1/21 Jason Pruim <japruim@raoset.com> > > On Jan 21, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Thodoris wrote: > > Hi gang, >> Lets say that you have a function that prints something to the output >> simply like this: >> >> function print_str() { >> print "blah blah blah"; >> } >> >> I was wondering if there is a way to use this output and store it in a var >> or something without changing the function itself? >> And store the "blah blah blah" somewhere for later use? >> >> I can think of many reasons that someone could use this. >> >> > I know you said without changing the function... but is there any reason > that you can't simply add this: > > <?PHP > function print_str() { > $str = "blah blah blah"; > print $str; > } > ?> well, I think this will not work because $str is only valid in the function (local var!)