Re: About printing functions

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On Jan 21, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Thodoris wrote:

Hi gang,
Lets say that you have a function that prints something to the output simply like this:

function print_str() {
   print "blah blah blah";
}

I was wondering if there is a way to use this output and store it in a var or something without changing the function itself?
And store the "blah blah blah" somewhere for later use?

I can think of many reasons that someone could use this.


I know you said without changing the function... but is there any reason that you can't simply add this:

<?PHP
function print_str() {
    $str = "blah blah blah";
    print $str;
}
?>

Totally untested and just trying to understand why :)


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Jason Pruim
japruim@xxxxxxxxxx
616.399.2355





Well Jason my point is theoretical. Lets just say that this function doesn't just print "blah blah blah" but like tones of html that you may like to reuse...

Well you could always change it to this:

function print_str() {
   $str = "blah blah blah";
   return $str;
}

and use the output you got from the function whenever you like (print it, make it a toast, cook it with bees etc).

But the question still remains: Is there a way to do this?

--
Thodoris


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