ID: 10967 User Update by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: Open Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating system: win2k PHP Version: 4.0.5 Description: $x .= &someFunction(); uhm, well, the thing with the $temp var is useless. i see now that i cannot reference something into *a part* of something else. but the silent loss of "<br>\n" is still a problem, imo. fab Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-05-18 23:41:12] [EMAIL PROTECTED] code i would like to use: ---cut--- function &someShit() { return 'foo'; } $out = ''; for ($i = 1; $i <= 3; $i++) { $out .= &someShit() . "<br>n"; } echo $out; ---cut--- problem: parse error on line $out .= &someShit() . "<br>n"; because .= and & don't work together. so the workaround would be: $temp = &someShit() . "<br>n"; $out .= $temp; problem here: it prints out 'foofoofoo' and not 'foo<br>nfoo<br>nfoo<br>n' so the code finally looks like: ---cut--- function &someShit() { return 'foo'; } $out = ''; for ($i = 1; $i <= 3; $i++) { $temp = &someShit(); $out .= $temp . "<br>n"; } echo $out; ---cut--- is this the normal behavior? fab --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=10967 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]