<?php
/*
User Defined Functions
function function_name($arg_1, $arg_2, ..., $arg_n)
{
code_line1;
code_line2;
code_line3;
return ($value); //stops execution of the function and returns its argument as the value at the point where the function was called.
}
One may have more than one return()statements in a function.
*/
$text= 'This Line is Bold and Italics.';
function makebold_n_italics($text)
{
$text = "<i><b>$text</i></b>";
return($text); //the return() statement immediately ends execution of the current function, and returns its argument as the value of the function call in print command
}
print("This Line is not Bold.<br>\n");
print("This Line is not Italics.<br>\n");
echo makebold_n_italics("$text") ,"--->", 'It prints the returned value of variable $text when function is called.'."<br>\n";
echo "$text", '---> prints the original value of variable $text.'."<br>\n"; // prints the original value of $text
$thanks='Thanks to Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans !!!';
$text=$thanks;
echo makebold_n_italics("$text");
This Line is not Bold.<br>
This Line is not Italics.<br>
<i><b>This Line is Bold and Italics.</i></b>--->It prints the returned value of variable $text when function is called.<br>
This Line is Bold and Italics.---> prints the original value of variable $text.<br>
<i><b>Thanks to Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans !!!</i></b>