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Re: error message I don understand [message #174897 is a reply to message #174896]

Sun, 17 July 2011 09:10

Thomas 'PointedEars'
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liebling(dot)kreuzberg(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:

> Denis McMahon wrote:
>> Consider:
>>
>> <?php
>>
>> function x()
>> {
>> return 5;
>> }
>>
>> x() = 1;
>>
>> ?>
>>
>> although x() gives the value 5, it is not a variable that can be set, and
>> so you can not assign (or write) a value (such as 1) to it.
>>
>> The php error message is saying that you can't assign (or write) a value
>> to a function call, or in other words, the return value of a function
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> call is read_only data.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Thanks Dennis.
>
> Good addition to the explanation of Billy.

In the end an oversimplified, wrong explanation. It is a syntactical
requirement, not a functional one:

function x()
{
return array(23);
}

$a = x();

$a[0] = 42;

/*
* Array
* (
* [0] => 42
* )
*/
print_r($a);

You would be well-advised to post under your real name, as it is customary
in Usenet.

PointedEars
--
Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are
positively harmful for cross-browser scripting.
-- Richard Cornford, cljs, <cife6q$253$1$8300dec7(at)news(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk> (2004)

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