[Resolved] Combining strings and functions?

[TYLERofDOOM]

I know that at least in vb script this would be done like:

x = "Me and" & dog_name & " are going to the beach together today."

but it doesnt seem to work in php. This is the actual function that I am doing right now:

	function format_phone($number) {
		if (strlen($number) == 10) {	
			$result = "(" + substr($number,0,3) + ") " + substr($number,3,3) + "-" + substr($number,6,4);
			return $result;
			}
		else {
			return "N/A";
			}
		}

Its a function to convert the 10 digit phone number in my database to something that is a little more visualy appealing.

[planetsim]

Try this

function format_phone($number)
{
	if (strlen($number) == 10)
	{    

		$result = "(".substr($number,0,3).") ".substr($number,3,3)."-".substr($number,6,4);
		return $result;
	}
	else
	{
		return "N/A";
	}
}

[Drakla]

replace the + signs with dots.

$myConcatStr = 'hello ' . "I'm " . 'a '. 'string';

[TYLERofDOOM]

awesome, thanks!