How to write DATE script into a Function ??

spacepoet · January 23, 2011

Hello:

I have this snippet of code that will write the current year onto a page if it's embedded on the page itself:

<?php echo date("Y") ?>

Works fine.

But, when I include it in an included file and pull it onto the page with a function, it does not work.

Like this:

MyNav.php

<?php

function spFooter() {
$spFooter =
"
   <p>
   
   © <?php echo date(\"Y\") ?>

   </p>

";

return $spFooter;
}
?>

MyPage.php

<?php
include('include/myNav.php');
?>
<html>
...

<?php echo spFooter(); ?>

...
</html>

What is the proper way to do this, and also what are the basic rules for properly nesting PHP scripts like this?

Thanks for the help.

Zurev · January 23, 2011

I'd probably do something more like this:

function spFooter() 
{
$spFooter ="<p> ©";
$spFooter .= date("Y");
$spFooter .= "</p>";
return $spFooter;
}

First, you're including <?php tags while you're in a php script, and you're echo'ing within a variable? Your way of doing it would be this:

function spFooter() {
$spFooter =
"
   <p>
   
   © ". date('Y')."

   </p>

";

return $spFooter;
}

spacepoet · January 23, 2011

Excellent! Thank you very much.

So, to nest other scripts in PHP blocks, they get encased in a QUOTE PERIOD script here PERIOD QUOTES?

". script here ."

Correct?

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