For a space $Z$, we denote by $ℱ\left(Z\right)$, $𝒦\left(Z\right)$ and ${ℱ}_2\left(Z\right)$ the hyperspaces of non-empty closed, compact, and subsets of cardinality $\le 2$ of $Z$, respectively, with their Vietoris topology. For spaces $X$ and $E$, $C_p(X,E)$ is the space of continuous functions from $X$ to $E$ with its pointwise convergence topology. We analyze in this article when $ℱ\left(Z\right)$, $𝒦\left(Z\right)$ and ${ℱ}_2\left(Z\right)$ have continuous selections for a space $Z$ of the form $C_p(X,E)$, where $X$ is zero-dimensional and $E$ is a strongly zero-dimensional metrizable space. We prove that $C_p(X,E)$ is weakly orderable...

A cardinal function $\varphi$ (or a property $𝒫$) is called $l$-invariant if for any Tychonoff spaces $X$ and $Y$ with $C_p\left(X\right)$ and $C_p\left(Y\right)$ linearly homeomorphic we have $\varphi \left(X\right)=\varphi \left(Y\right)$ (or the space $X$ has $𝒫$ ($\equiv X⊢𝒫$) iff $Y⊢𝒫$). We prove that the hereditary Lindelöf number is $l$-invariant as well as that there are models of $ZFC$ in which hereditary separability is $l$-invariant.