If called from within a function, the return()
statement immediately ends execution of the current function,
and returns its argument as the value of the function call.
return() will also end the execution of an eval()
statement or script file.
If called from the global scope, then execution of the
current script file is ended. If the current script file was
include()ed or require()ed, then control is passed
back to the calling file. Furthermore, if the current script
file was
include()ed, then the value given to return()
will be returned as the value of the include()
call. If
return() is called from within the main script file,
then script execution ends. If the current script file was
named by the
auto_prepend_file or
auto_append_file configuration options in the configuration
file, then that script file's execution is ended.
For more information, see Returning values.
注: Note that since return() is a language construct and not a function, the parentheses surrounding its arguments are not required--in fact, it is more common to leave them out than to use them, although it doesn't matter one way or the other.