Php recursive function return null while variable have value

问题

This function returns NULL while $alias having value in second recursion. In first call it return the required value but when first if not matched and it recurse first the required value in avilable in $alias variable but it does not return anything.

public function checkAlias($fname='',$lname=''){

        if(!empty($fname)){
        $fname = mysql_real_escape_string($fname);
        }
        if(!empty($lname)){
        $lname = mysql_real_escape_string($lname);
        }

    $alias = strtolower($fname).strtolower($lname);
    $sql = "Select ALIAS from table where ALIAS = '$alias'";
    $query = mysql_query($sql);
    $row = mysql_fetch_row($query);
    $string_length = strlen($alias) - 1;
    $result_string = substr($alias,0,$string_length);

    if(!$row){
            print $alias;   // is printing value 
        return $alias;  // but here it returns null
    }else{
        $this->checkAlias($result_string);
        } 
    }

回答1:

You forgot to return the result of the recursion call:

return $this->checkAlias($result_string);

回答2:

You forgot the return keyword before $this->checkAlias($result_string);

Change your code to this:

public function checkAlias($fname='',$lname=''){

        if(!empty($fname)){
        $fname = mysql_real_escape_string($fname);
        }
        if(!empty($lname)){
        $lname = mysql_real_escape_string($lname);
        }

    $alias = strtolower($fname).strtolower($lname);
    $sql = "Select ALIAS from table where ALIAS = '$alias'";
    $query = mysql_query($sql);
    $row = mysql_fetch_row($query);
    $string_length = strlen($alias) - 1;
    $result_string = substr($alias,0,$string_length);

    if(!$row){
            print $alias;   // is printing value 
        return $alias;  // but here it returns null
    }else{
        return $this->checkAlias($result_string);
        } 
    }

Because the first time the code will reach the else statement, and the second time it runs it will go in the if statement. The if returns the value, but in the else you don't do anything with it, so return it and you get your value.

Stefan

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18827838/php-recursive-function-return-null-while-variable-have-value

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