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Bug #15030 echo concatenates strings and string function call in bad order
Submitted: 2002-01-14 10:09 UTC Modified: 2002-01-14 14:25 UTC
From: ivosh at winet dot cz Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Output Control
PHP Version: 4.0.6 OS: Debian Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-01-14 10:09 UTC] ivosh at winet dot cz 
<? function Translate($R)
     { echo $R; } 
   echo "<i>".Translate("This should be in italics, but -- weird! -- it's normal.")."</i> "; ?>

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 [2002-01-14 10:12 UTC] derick@php.net 
User error, go read www.php.net/echo
Bogus
 [2002-01-14 14:25 UTC] hholzgra@php.net 
just a short explaination: echo contatenates nothing, 
it *immediately* generates the requested output
plus arguments are evaluated before they are passed 
to a function (lets assume "echo" is a function for
now)

so before "echo" is called the argument string is 
evaluated, for this Translate() is called, which
itself contains an echo call which is executed first now

what you wand is "return $R;" instead of "echo $R;"
in Translate()
 
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