Don't get too excited; this is an awfully lame newbie question.
I'm trying out my first functions and can't get past some sort of stupid
syntax mistake I'm making. I've cut the following snippet directly out of the
online PHP manual and put it in a PH page, like so:
<html>
<head><title>Test function</title></head>
<body >
<b>Square of number/b></font><br><br>
<?php
function square($num)
{
return $num * $num;
}
echo square(4); // outputs '16'.
?>
<br>
</body>
</html>
When I run the php page, I get
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_RETURN in /var/www/html/afi/sq.php on
line 12
I've experimented with a half dozen different functions and variations, and
I'm always getting the same 'unexpected T_RETURN' error. This is pretty basic
but I'm outa clues.
I've searched the archives for the last 3 mo for T_RETURN (and user-defined
functions) as well as the online doc; no relevant hits.
Thanks,
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