returning an array

Hello again! Ok, so I will give up the idea of calling a function from one php page and having that function return its value to another php page... BUT I was looking at the "php handbook" and found that I could return an array! this is the example thay gave: function small_numbers() { return array (0, 1, 2); } list ($zero, $one, $two) = small_numbers(); ok, that works fine for small arrays, but what if I had an array that was 20 or more elements big? Is there a way of returning a generic sized array? such as 'return array ($var[]);' ? I tried it, and it yelled at me, so I know that the above syntax is wrong, but is there an "easier" way? Thanks! -Jim