Should I store the result of an function into an array?

Question

I have a function like this:

function time_elapsed_string($ptime)
{
            $date_time = strtotime(\"1348-10-10 04:30:01\") + $ptime;
            $year = dat         


        

Answer 1

This is a no brainer.

Yes - store the function call result of time_elapsed_string($ptime) in an array, then use that to access your results. You're wasting CPU cycles otherwise!

// call it once
$result = time_elapsed_string($ptime);

// then use:
$result['date'];
$result['time'];
$result['difference'];