Ahh - dont worry about this post ... :)
AndrewH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Halliday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: [PHP] Why doesnt pass-by-value work?
> When I call this function:
>
> function getColumnName($col)
> {
> if ($col > 0 && $col < pg_numfields($this->lastResultSet))
> return pg_fieldname($this->lastResultSet,$col);
> else
> return null;
> }
>
>
> It returns null all the time !
> The condition is NOT the problem ... Ive tested that with:
>
> function getColumnName($col)
> {
> return pg_fieldname($this->lastResultSet,$col);
> if ($col > 0 && $col < pg_numfields($this->lastResultSet))
> return pg_fieldname($this->lastResultSet,$col);
> else
> return null;
> }
>
> And it still returns null.
>
> If I do this:
>
> function getColumnName($col)
> {
> echo pg_fieldname($this->lastResultSet,$col);
> return pg_fieldname($this->lastResultSet,$col);
> if ($col > 0 && $col < pg_numfields($this->lastResultSet))
> return pg_fieldname($this->lastResultSet,$col);
> else
> return null;
> }
>
> I do get the correct result printed to the browser ...
> So what the HELL is going on? Dont tell me that pass by reference doesnt
> work with pg_* functions?
> Just to test this, I did this:
>
> function getColumnName($col)
> {
> $test = pg_fieldname($this->lastResultSet,$col);
> return $test;
> if ($col > 0 && $col < pg_numfields($this->lastResultSet))
> return pg_fieldname($this->lastResultSet,$col);
> else
> return null;
> }
>
>
> This made no difference ... WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?!
>
> AndrewH
>
>
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