Function within a function in php

Question

I made a form for a website where user posts data. For filtering and validation the string I wrote 3 functions for that but now its seems ugly when i call 3 functions in different lines. The data coming through the post method. I am not talking about nested functions here.

Can I call A function within another function like this?

php:

function apple($dates) {
 return $dates;
}
function mango($sause) {
 $mango = apple($sause);
 return $mango;
}

• Sammitch: You could have just run the code you wrote in your question and answered the question yourself. :/
• Andreas: That's like eating without taking a picture of it
• bessy: haha xD and @Sammitch yes i should have done that but i didn't know this is the right way for using multiple functions or not anyway i need some advise on this. Thanks

Answer 1

In a word - yes. A function's code can definitely call another function.

• Andreas: Or even itself.
• Mureinik: @Andreas True 'dat
• Mureinik: @bessy yup. Although it's probably a good idea to give your functions more descriptive names than apple and mango.
• bessy: haha lol. First i wrote apple sause then i delete it lol any way Thanks for the quick response.