note 116709 added to function.return

Following up on Tom and warhog's comments regarding using return in global scope, here is another reason not to do it: For command line scripts, the return statement will NOT return a status to the OS! <?php if ($somethingBad) return 42; // This will not work! You'll get 0 back instead! else return 0; ?> Instead, you must use exit(): http://php.net/exit <?php if ($somethingBad) exit(42); // OS will receive (int) 42 as the return code else // everything is fine exit(0); ?> ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 66.210.181.98 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.return.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/116709 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116709/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116709/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116709/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116709/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116709/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116709/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116709 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/116709 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php