PHP by Example: A Practical Guide to Creating Web Applications with PHP

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A. VasilevPHP by Examplehttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0258-4_5

5. Functions

Alex Vasilev¹  

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Department of Software Systems and Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

 

—I notice you spend a lot of time fixing stuff, Willie.

—That’s because you spend a lot of time breaking stuff, Alf.

—Well, it’s nice that our hobbies are so compatible.

—ALF (TV series)

This chapter introduces functions, which play an essential role in any programming language. The PHP language is not an exception. You learn how to create functions, how they can be used, and what is unique about functions in the PHP language.

Creating Functions

Very often ...