RE: [PHP] Speaking of Global Annoyance

Well...you're correct, you can return them as long as you have a fixed number of elements...but if you have a function that returns an array with n elements...it's quite hard to use the list() function...it's not quite as easy as what I said before... function ReturnArray(){ $Array = array(n, n1, nn); return $Array; } $Array = ReturnArray(); That won't work...so if you're not returning a fixed number of elements, it's a pain in the dajubuiti... -Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: php3@developersdesk.com [mailto:php3@developersdesk.com] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:44 PM To: Jonathan Sharp; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Speaking of Global Annoyance Addressed to: "Jonathan Sharp" <webdev@flyerware.com> <php-general@lists.php.net> ** Reply to note from "Jonathan Sharp" <webdev@flyerware.com> Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:51:19 -0800 > > but it's kinda hard to > return arrays since you can't just do "return $thearray;" and then on > the other end "$anarray = somefunction();" Yes you can. ------------------------------------------------ <? function ReturnArray() { $Array = array( 1, 2, 3 ); return $Array; } $AnotherArray = ReturnArray(); list( $One, $Two, $Three ) = $AnotherArray; echo "One: $One Two: $Two Three: $Three<BR>\n"; ?> ------------------------------------------------ Returns: One: 1 Two: 2 Three: 3 function ReturnArray() { return array( 1, 2, 3 ); } would do the same thing. function ReturnComplex() { return array( array( 'Entry[1][1]', 'Entry[1][2]', 'Entry[1][3]' ), array( 'Entry[2][1]', 'Entry[2][2]', 'Entry[2][3]' ), array( 'Entry[3][1]', 'Entry[3][2]', 'Entry[3][3]' )); } will work too. $ReturnValue = ReturnComplex(); echo $ReturnValue[2][3]; // Entry[2][3] Rick Widmer Internet Marketing Specialists http://www.developersdesk.com