function within function

[Anon]

i have a cookie called $userinfo

the problem is when i pass the same cookie in to two function i get two diffrent values.

eg:

function stats($userinfo)
{
getusrinfo($userinfo);
echo $userinfo[0];
}

function stats2($userinfo)
{
getusrinfo($userinfo);
echo $userinfo[0];
}

stats($userinfo); // display 2
stats2($userinfo); // display 9

the both function should return the same value cuz same variable $userinfo is passed, but it doesn't..... why???

the function getusrinfo() just decodes the cokkie and returns arrow called $userinfo

please please help

many thanks

[Anon]

Without seeing more code (especially for getusrinfo()) I can't say what's going on, but one thing is that I can't see where you're using the value returned by getusrinfo().