note 97815 modified in function.die by danbrown

I was making a few functions and i thought it would be easier to use a single function to close off my code, The following is a example of it working i am sure if you include footer code when exiting code all the time you'll understand the purpose of the following function. <?php function error_msg($text) { # add other stuff you may want here $hello_var = 'hello'; //example of addon to beginning $goodbye_var = 'goodbye'; //example of addon to end die($hello_var.'<br />'.$text.'<br />'.$goodbye_var); } error_msg('how are you?'); ?> Outputs: hello how are you? goodbye [EDIT BY danbrown AT php DOT net: Contains a minor bugfix provided by (zero DOT effect AT hotmail DOT com) on 10-MAY-2010.] --was-- I was making a few functions and i thought it would be easier to use a single function to close off my code, The following is a example of it working i am sure if you include footer code when exiting code all the time you'll understand the purpose of the following function. <?php function error_msg($text) { # add other stuff you may want here $hello_var = 'hello'; //example of addon to beginning $goodbye_var = 'goodbye'; //example of addon to end die($hello_var.'<br />'.$text.'<br />'.$goodbye_var); } echo error_msg('how are you?'); ?> Outputs: hello how are you? goodbye http://php.net/manual/en/function.die.php