I got PHP function like this:
function doingSomething($arg)
{
...
echo($someString);
}
I don't want to copy/pase that function and make second one only if I need that function to return value, not echo it. How could I modify it so it will just return $someString whenever I need it?
Use another parameter to tell your function what to do with the string:
function doingSomething($someString, $echo = false){
if($echo){
echo $someString;
}
return $someString;
}
Then if you want to echo it:
doingSomething('String to echo', true);
Or return:
doingSomething('String to return');
doingSomething('string') any way.
You can do this with a second parameter to the function.
function doSomething($arg, $doOutput) {
...
if ($doOutput) { echo $someString; }
else { return $someString; }
}
This will echo the String if $doOutput is true and return it otherwise.
Why not just either use or return the value as needed like this:
<?php
function doingSomething()
{
return "Fluffeh";
}
$var=doingSomething();
echo $var."<br><br>";
echo "Or this way ".doingSomething();
?>
You get the best of both worlds, can either save the output into a variable or simply echo it out in your code as needed?
Output:
Fluffeh
Or this way Fluffeh
