Php:Return a String from a function [closed]

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The simple program is not returning the string,Please help.

<?php 
function returnStr开发者_JAVA技巧() {
return "fooBar";
}
$str=returnStr();
echo $str;
}
?> 

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It's a parse error:

$str=returnStr();
echo $str;
}                   // WHAT IS THIS BRACKET DOING HERE?

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There's a fatal error tokenizing the code due the trailing/unmatched '}' remove that and the code will work. Then spend some time thinking about why you didn't know this already

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There's an error in your code. The last } is useless.