Re: checking for null form fields fails

on 8/7/01 9:40 AM, Renze Munnik at renze@datalink.nl wrote: >> a couple things. >> >> although i agree with the general notion of using braces, return is not a >> function (the manual calls it a statement), and atleast from what i can find >> in the manual it doesn't take braces. >> >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.returning-values.php >> >> also from that page - "You can't return multiple values from a function, but >> similar results can be obtained by returning a list." >> >> i'm not really sure what the difference is between function, statement and >> language construct (which is what echo is). syntactically, i know that >> functions require parentheses. >> >> with echo, the manual says you _cannot_ use parantheses if you are echoing >> more than one thing. >> >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php >> >> -- mike cullerton >> > > You're right, return is a statement. > I never said, though, to use braces with echo. Actualy I didn't say > anything about echo. I never use echo, for some weird reason I just > don't like it. I prefer print. So... I don't realy care how echo > should be used. i don't use echo either. i use printf. i was just trying to pass along some things i learned reading the manual that were related to the topic. > But you'll have to admit, using braces makes things a lot easier. i already did. > And because what this was all about was JavaScript (and not PHP), > using braces is a smart thing, because in JavaScript you can make > realy ugly constructions in which things _can_ go wrong (no syntax > error, but _wrong_) if you don't use braces. In JavaScript it's not > required to end each line with a semicolon like in PHP. This can > cause weird flows if you also don't use braces. cool, i came in late in the thread. i _do_ use braces. i like braces. braces are my friends. > And ehhhh, who said anything about returning multiple values? again, just something learned from the manual. > > To be honest... I don't understand what you try to achieve with your > post.... Please let me know... i was only trying to pass on info about differences between function calls, statements and constructs, and hopefully helping someone out in the process. isn't that what we do here? :) mike -- mike cullerton