Multiple return of one function

Question

I'm using the function:

function findTeamFromID($teams,$ID) {
    $results = array_column($teams, 'langform', 'id_teams');
    return (isset($results[$ID])) ? $results[$ID] : FALSE;
};

Now i want not only to replace the ID with the name, it should write a link to the detail page. I don't wanted to touch the return line so i made this:

function findTeamFromID($teams,$ID) {
    $results = array_column($teams, 'langform', 'id_teams');
    return "<a href=\"details.php?id=".$ID."\">";
    return (isset($results[$ID])) ? $results[$ID] : FALSE;
    return "</a>";
};

Funny now is, that Return 1 and 3 appear and the href will be correctly created. But the second return doesn't appear anymore.

What did i make wrong?

Everything. It is impossible to return multiple things in php. First thing returns. Maybe the third thing is "returned" because it auto completes the tag. Also this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3451906/multiple-returns-from-function — dage5, May 28 '17 at 15:38
Possible duplicate of [Multiple returns from function](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3451906/multiple-returns-from-function) — Matthias M, May 28 '17 at 21:07

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 28 '17 at 16:12

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No you cannot have multi return value from php function. In your code, only the first return statement works.

edited May 28 '17 at 16:12

Rizier123

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answered May 28 '17 at 15:42

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Ok, good to know. Learned something new :-) How the pros solves a "problem" like mine? – Fabrizio Cocco May 28 '17 at 15:44
I would just concatenate it with dots. You are even doing it in first return near ID. – dage5 May 28 '17 at 15:46

Amit Gaud · Answer 2 · 2017-05-28T15:49:27.413

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Use single quote in result EDIT:

  function findTeamFromID($teams,$ID) {
        $results = array_column($teams, 'langform', 'id_teams');
        return "<a href=\"details.php?id=".$ID."\">".
       (isset($results[$ID]) ? $results[$ID] : FALSE)
       . "</a>";
    };

edited May 28 '17 at 15:49

answered May 28 '17 at 15:37

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Thanks. But still empty :( – Fabrizio Cocco May 28 '17 at 15:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '17 at 15:46

Thanks for the hints. So i found the solution by myself.

    function findTeamFromID($teams,$ID) {
        $results = array_column($teams, 'langform', 'id_teams');
        return "<a href=\"details.php?id=".$ID."\">".
        (isset($results[$ID]) ? $results[$ID] : FALSE). "</a>";
    };

Multiple return of one function

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