Using return() variable

[ts10]

Am I doing this wrong? I don't get an output. Here's my code split among two files.

1) my functions file:

<?php
function &LoginUser($un, $pw)
{
  $password=md5($pw);
  $users=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE (username='$un' AND password='$password')");
  $user=mysql_fetch_array($users);
  if($user)
  {
		$status = $user[id];
  }
  else
  {
    $status = 0;
  }

  return($status);
}
?>

2) My login file which calls the function file in a require statement:

  LoginUser($username, $password);
   echo($status);

I get nothing in the echo.

If I do the same echo inside my functions file I get output. How can I use the variable sent back in the return() function?

Thanks!

[edcellgavin]

try adding a variable to hold your function return -

$status =LoginUser($username, $password);
echo($status);

[ts10]

Worked perfectly. Thank you!