Re: Codebabes: PHP

Still loving how we turned codebabes into something constructive! Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Tedd Sperling <tedd@sperling.com> wrote: > >> On Apr 29, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote: >> >> To be fair, and to muddy-up the waters even more.... >> >> echo 'echo'; // No parentheses needed.... >> echo('echo'); // .... but they can be used. >> print('print'); // Seems common to see parentheses used here.... >> print 'print'; // .... but as a construct, they're not needed. >> exit; // A language construct does not need parentheses.... >> exit(-1); // .... except in certain situations like this, >> where data is passed. >> continue; // However, there is yet another exception.... >> continue(2); // .... in that continue works with parentheses.... >> continue 2; // .... and without, but it is a control structure. >> goto hell; // And yet, goto - another control structure - works.... >> goto(hell); // .... but only if you skip parentheses. >> >> -- >> </Daniel P. Brown> >> Network Infrastructure Manager >> http://www.php.net/ > > Don't forget Ouch(); //... it returns "My head hurts." > > Also, with a function you can do this: > > $squareRoot = "sqrt"; > echo "The square root of 9 is " . $squareRoot(9); // a variable function > > But, you can't do the same with a construct: > > I want to go back to "I dunno" because that was simpler for me -- some things are > just not meant to be learnt. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > _______________ > tedd sperling > tedd@sperling.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >