foreach inside of a string

[searls03]

Currently I am working on an email script. I need to be able to use a foreach inside of the message. something like this:

$message = '<table width="0" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
 <tr>
   <td>Registrant</td>
   <td>Event</td>
   <td>Date</td>
   <td>Time</td>
   <td>Participants</td>
   <td> </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td>'.$name.'</td>
   <td>'.$event.'</td>
   <td>'.$date.'</td>
   <td>'.$time.'</td>
   <td>'.foreach($_POST["participant"] AS $key => $val) {
$participant = $val;
echo $participant;
}.'</td>
   <td> </td>
 </tr>
</table>';

 

I know this isnot the proper way to do it, so I was wondering, what is the proper way to do this, or what is the best way to achieve this result? any help is greatly appreciated

[requinix]

Construct the string in three parts: $message = everything up until the foreach, then $message .= stuff inside the loop, then finally $message .= the stuff after the foreach.

[searls03]

how do I do the foreach part though? do I do it inside the quotes? or does it happen outside the quotes....I need the loop to display inside of one cell.

[haku]

$string = 'The start of the string ';
foreach($a as $B)
{
$string .= $b . ' ';
}
$string .= 'the end of the string';

 

Edit: This stupid editor keeps changing $b to $B. Pretend that the $B is a $b.

Edited January 7, 2013 by haku

[scootstah]

Edit: This stupid editor keeps changing $b to $B. Pretend that the $B is a $b.

 

Click the little button in the very top left of the reply box and the "stupid editor" will turn off.

[haku]

Thanks for the tip. Testing:

 

$string = 'The start of the string ';
foreach($a as $B)
{
$string .= $b . ' ';
}
$string .= 'the end of the string';

 

Edit: turns out the problem isn't the editor, it's the software. Even without the editor, $b becomes $B.

Edited January 7, 2013 by haku

[scootstah]

foreach($a as $B)

 

EDIT: Well, that's a stupid bug.

Edited January 7, 2013 by scootstah

[requinix]

foreach($a as $b)

 

[edit] It's the smiley. Hit the "disable emoticons" option in the full editor.

Edited January 7, 2013 by requinix

[haku]

foreach($a as $b)

 

Edit: That does indeed do it. Thanks. But what a pain in the butt - particularly since it doesn't even render it as a smiley!

Edited January 7, 2013 by haku

[scootstah]

foreach($a as $B)

 

Edit: That does indeed do it. Thanks. But what a pain in the butt - particularly since it doesn't even render it as a smiley!

 

It probably doesn't allow smilies inside code blocks. But it is weird that it still parses the syntax regardless.