convert portion of code into a function php
- by user765368
This is probably very easy to do but for some reason I can't seem to figure this out. Let's say I have code like this:
$elements = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd');
$myValues = array(
'values' => array(
'a' => array(
'xx' => 3,
'yy' => ''
),
'b' => array(
'xx' => '',
'yy' => ''
),
'c' => array(
'xx' => 8.4,
'yy' => ''
),
'd' => array(
'xx' => 18.4,
'yy' => ''
)
)
);
foreach($elements as $elem)
{
if($myValues['values'][$elem]['xx'] != '')
{
if($myValues['values'][$elem]['xx'] < 6)
{
$myValues['values'][$elem]['yy'] = 'less than 6';
}
elseif($myValues['values'][$elem]['xx'] >= 6 && $myValues['values'][$elem]['xx'] < 15)
{
$myValues['values'][$elem]['yy'] = 'between 6 and 16';
}
else
{
$myValues['values'][$elem]['yy'] = 'greater than 15';
}
testFunc($myValues['values'][$elem]['xx']); // This is how I would call my function once I replace the code above
}
}
As you can see here what I'm trying to do is to change the value of $myValues['values'][$elem]['yy'] based on some conditions. What I want to do is to replace the if elseif else section of codes by a function that performs the same action.
I tried something like:
function testFunc($xx)
{
if($xx < 6)
{
$yy = 'less than 6';
}
elseif($xx >= 6 && $xx < 15)
{
$yy = 'between 6 and 16';
}
else
{
$yy = 'greater than 15';
}
return $yy;
}
But obviously this won't work because I'm not changing the value of $myValues['values'][$elem]['yy'] inside my function.
NOTE I really want to pass ONLY the value of $myValues['values'][$elem]['xx'] inside my function and return the changed value of $myValues['values'][$elem]['yy'].
Can anybody help me with this?
Thanks in advance
