PHP return Keyword
Example
Return a value from a function:
<?php
function add1($x) {
return $x + 1;
}
echo "5 + 1 is " . add1(5);
?>
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Definition and Usage
The return
keyword ends a function and, optionally, uses the result of an expression as
the return value of the function.
If return
is used outside of a function, it stops PHP code in the file from running. If the file
was included using include
, include_once
, require
or require_once
, the result of
the expression is used as the return value of the include statements.
Related Pages
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