Posted by Oli Filth on 11/15/88 11:26

Peter Salzman said the following on 10/09/2005 17:45:
> Oli Filth <catch@olifilth.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Peter Salzman said the following on 10/09/2005 17:21:
>>
>>>Here's why I'm asking. Consider these two function:
>>>
>>>
>>> function foo( $arg ) { echo "foo $arg foo\n"; }
>>>
>>> function bar() { echo "barfoo"; }
>>>
>>>
>>>I'd like to be able to do this:
>>>
>>> foo('hello');
>>> foo(&bar());
>>>
>>>to produce this:
>>>
>>> foo hello foo
>>> foo barfoo foo
>>>
>>
>>How about:
>>
>> function foo($arg)
>> {
>> echo "foo $arg foo\n";
>> }
>>
>> function bar()
>> {
>> return "barfoo";
>> }
>>
>> foo(bar());
>
>
>
> The function argument seems to be executing before the call to foo is made.
> In my own code, I'm getting the equivalent of:
>
> barfoo foo foo
>
> rather than
>
> foo barfoo foo
>

That's because your bar() is echoing; mine is returning.

--
Oli

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