From 2c6fb77bf6a1364f7715b4fdb1898d515d38dd50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hartmut Holzgraefe <hholzgra@php.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:36:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] eval()'ed code may return a value in PHP4

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@30351 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/misc.xml | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/functions/misc.xml b/functions/misc.xml
index 65df18718c..41e8f8eefa 100644
--- a/functions/misc.xml
+++ b/functions/misc.xml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ $file = fopen ($filename, 'r')
     <title>Description</title>
     <funcsynopsis>
      <funcprototype>
-      <funcdef>void <function>eval</function></funcdef>
+      <funcdef>mixed <function>eval</function></funcdef>
       <paramdef>string <parameter>code_str</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
@@ -248,6 +248,14 @@ $file = fopen ($filename, 'r')
      <function>eval</function> will retain these values in the main
      script afterwards.
     </simpara>
+    <simpara>
+     A <literal>return</literal> statement will terminate the evaluation of 
+     the string immediatley. In PHP4 you may use <literal>return</literal>
+     to return a value that will become the result of the 
+     <function>eval</function> function while in PHP3 
+     <function>eval</function> was of type <literal>void</literal> and did 
+     never return anything.
+    </simpara>
     <para>
      <example>
       <title>