On Tuesday 17 June 2003 12:50, DvDmanDT wrote: > I was replying to "If you don't do it this way, you'll > find yourself re-writing a function sooner or later because you need it > to return the data instead of displaying it."... Then you don't need to > modify the function if you turn on ob, call function, then get contents, > then clear ob... Ok, it's a rather bad way to do it, but it works for me...
Even the php crew had to rewrite functions because it displayed data instead of returning. Case in point: print_r() recently had a extra argument added to specify whether the output was printed or returned. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind. -- Kahlil Gibran */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
