Php "Function Tree" Idea

[binarystorm]

Im slowing making a simple CMS for my website, called VCMS. It has a core php file called vcmsCORE.php and sensory components can access the CORE which is composed of a bunch of functions. SO basically in the html of a page you just add <? funct_name($var,$var2); ?> and it will spit out a username or whatever.

So Im writing a function that accepts a userID (basically the id of the users table in mysql) and the function spits out the correlating information to make a little "profile page."  And since a function can only return one variable at a time I was wondering if this idea of mine would work - a function "tree" if you like:

function profilePage_MyPersonalProfile($userId,$option)

{

    if($option == 1){

          echo"Fred";

    }

    if($option == 2){

          echo"[email protected]";

    }

}

Thats it basically. IS that the best way to do it? Or is there a more efficient way.

Thanks, Im new at php and just thought this up, hopefully logically.

[Stooney]

And since a function can only return one variable at a time

 

You can return an array.  So just pull all of the user data out of the table and put it into a single array and return that.  That's the best way to go about it as far as I know.