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<?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");
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.12 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
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>

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