Gosub

[SOR]

I know I could use a function to get the same effect - but does php have
any type of gosub commands .

[Ken Robinson]

SOR wrote:

I know I could use a function to get the same effect - but does php have
any type of gosub commands .

No. Function are subroutines. If you don't want to return anything,
don't.

Stop thinking in BASIC.

Ken

[SOR]

<comp.lang.ph p , Ken Robinson , ke******@rbnsn. com>
<11************ **********@g49g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>
<24 Jul 2005 10:13:43 -0700>

I know I could use a function to get the same effect - but does php have
any type of gosub commands .

No. Function are subroutines. If you don't want to return anything,
don't.

Stop thinking in BASIC.

I dont recall asking you what I should or shouldnt think .

[Peter Chant]

SOR wrote:

Stop thinking in BASIC.

I dont recall asking you what I should or shouldnt think .

I think that the antithesis felt toward BASIC is just the way gosub and goto
fight against writing a structured program.

Of course you could use the arithmetic IF statements of FORTRAN 66 or that
fact that you can have multiple entry and exit points allowed for functions
and subroutines in FORTRAN to take some of the heat off of BASIC!

Pete

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http://www.petezilla.co.uk

[Ken Robinson]

SOR wrote:

Stop thinking in BASIC.

I dont recall asking you what I should or shouldnt think .

Sorry, what I meant by that statment is that since you're trying to
learn a new language, don't try to write code the way you did in
another language. Since you mentioned gosub, I assumed you know BASIC
and that's how you're trying to program. You can use the concepts from
other languages, but learn to use the powers of whatever language you
use.

I remember seeing someone who created enough macros in C so he could
make his C code look like Fortran. It may have been a good execise for
the mind, but it's not good for production coding.

Ken

[SOR]

<comp.lang.ph p , Ken Robinson , ke******@rbnsn. com>
<11************ **********@g49g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>
<24 Jul 2005 17:57:12 -0700>

Stop thinking in BASIC.

I dont recall asking you what I should or shouldnt think .

Sorry, what I meant by that statment is that since you're trying to
learn a new language, don't try to write code the way you did in
another language. Since you mentioned gosub, I assumed you know BASIC
and that's how you're trying to program.

I know several variants of basic - I asked a question if there was any
alternative ways to do it using php and thats all that type of question
is .

BTW: does anybody on here ever ask for a site critique after they finish
writing a script ? .

It seems a bit curious that a newsgroup full of php geeks and would be
php geeks dont really give details of any new stuff they do , Although
in part I suppose thats because some users on here only really write or
do stuff for other people and NDA could apply or whatever .

[Ken Robinson]

SOR wrote (in part):

BTW: does anybody on here ever ask for a site critique after they finish
writing a script ? .

It seems a bit curious that a newsgroup full of php geeks and would be
php geeks dont really give details of any new stuff they do , Although
in part I suppose thats because some users on here only really write or
do stuff for other people and NDA could apply or whatever .

I've seen some requests for critiques here. The biggest problems is
that, unless you post the code, there's no way to critique the original
PHP code, we can only critique the final results.

Another site that has a good PHP forum is <http://www.tek-tips.com/>.

Ken

[SOR]

<comp.lang.ph p , Ken Robinson , ke******@rbnsn. com>
<11************ **********@z14g 2000cwz.googleg roups.com>
<24 Jul 2005 19:45:51 -0700>

BTW: does anybody on here ever ask for a site critique after they finish
writing a script ? .

It seems a bit curious that a newsgroup full of php geeks and would be
php geeks dont really give details of any new stuff they do , Although
in part I suppose thats because some users on here only really write or
do stuff for other people and NDA could apply or whatever .
I've seen some requests for critiques here. The biggest problems is
that, unless you post the code, there's no way to critique the original
PHP code, we can only critique the final results.

Then flex your fingers and wet your lips old chap as this newbie will be
asking in a couple of days and i'm quite looking forward to seeing my
code ripped to pieces and thrashed to within a inch of its life :-)
Another site that has a good PHP forum is <http://www.tek-tips.com/>.

Thanks for that .

[Steve]

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:29:37 +0100, Peter Chant wrote:

SOR wrote:

Stop thinking in BASIC.

I dont recall asking you what I should or shouldnt think .

I think that the antithesis felt toward BASIC is just the way gosub and
goto fight against writing a structured program.

Of course you could use the arithmetic IF statements of FORTRAN 66 or that
fact that you can have multiple entry and exit points allowed for
functions and subroutines in FORTRAN to take some of the heat off of
BASIC!

Pete

Well, I know Fortran 2, 4 and 77 ( with blocked if statements at last! ),
but not 66.

Steve

[Geoff Berrow]

I noticed that Message-ID:
<MP************ ************@no-cancel.newsread er.com> from SOR contained
the following:

Then flex your fingers and wet your lips old chap as this newbie will be
asking in a couple of days and i'm quite looking forward to seeing my
code ripped to pieces and thrashed to within a inch of its life :-)

You tend to get a good response if it captures the imagination. I got
quite a good response with my bingo problem. If you just want people to
help you clean up your code I suspect the response may not be all you
hope for.

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