Function Problem

[Knoman]

heh, I'm stumped. I cant seen to get this function to work right.

PHP Code:

function pullstats ($type) {
$result= mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid=1")
or die ("Query Failed");
$stat[$type]= (mysql_result($result,0,$type));
return $stat[$type];
}


pullstats ("username");
print $stat[$type]; 


if i were to pull it out of the function and define $type, it then works.

[Mark Hensler]

You have to define $stat as global in your function,

PHP Code:

function pullstats($type)
{
    global $stat;
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid=1") or die ("Query Failed");
    $stat[$type]= mysql_result($result, 0, $type);
}

pullstats("username");
print $stat["username"]; 


or use the return value to assign it to a var.

PHP Code:

function pullstats($type)
{
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid=1") or die ("Query Failed");
    return mysql_result($result, 0, $type);
}

print pullstats("username");