You could do something like this .. php

    function say($whostosay)
    {
        if($whostosay == 'cat')
        {
             return 'purr';
        }elseif($whostosay == 'dog'){
             return 'bark';
        }else{
             //do something with errors....
        }
     }

     function speak($whostosay)
     {
          return $whostosay .'\'s '.say($whostosay);
     }
     echo speak('cat');
     >>>purr
     echo speak('dog');
     >>>bark

You could do something like this .. php

    function say($whostosay)
    {
        if($whostosay == 'cat')
        {
             return 'purr';
        }elseif($whostosay == 'dog'){
             return 'bark';
        }else{
             //do something with errors....
        }
     }

     function speak($whostosay)
     {
          return $whostosay .'\'s '.say($whostosay);
     }
     echo speak('cat');
     >>>cat's purr
     echo speak('dog');
     >>>dogs's bark