This works inline, but not in a function - why?

[bunner_bob]

I have the following variables defined:

$today = gmmktime(0,0,0,date('m,d,Y',(gmmktime())));
$text1008 = 'August';

when I say:

echo "This month is " . ${text10 . gmdate('m', $today)};

I get back "This month is August".

But if I define a function:

function saymonth($date) {
 ${text10 . gmdate('m',$date)};
}

And call it thus:

echo "This month is " . saymonth($today);

All I get is "This month is ".

What am I doing wrong here?

[HalfaBee]

You are not returning the value.
Also you would have to put

global $text1008

in your function.

HalfaBee

[bunner_bob]

Yep - that did it. Admittedly my first real function - the only other one I've done was a modification of an existing one.

Thanks for the help!

• Bob