[SOLVED] php functions in variables

[wrathican]

im wondering if i can something like this.

$maincontent = echo '<table width="443" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <!--DWLayoutTable-->' while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM))
{
$title = $row[0];
$level = $row[1];
$location = $row[2];
$price = $row[3];
$description = $row[4];

echo '<tr>
    <td width="300" height="19" valign="top">'.$title.'</td>
  <td colspan="2" valign="top">'.$level.'</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="19" colspan="2" valign="top">'.$location.'</td>
  <td width="61" valign="top">'.$price.'</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="19" colspan="3" valign="top">'.$description.'<br></td>
  </tr>'
}
'</table>';

PS i know ive missed out my qury and result variables.

[teng84]

you will get syntax error from that code

 

[wrathican]

ahh, any reason why?

and any idea how i can do it without returning errors?

[teng84]

}

$variable.='<tr>

<td width="300" height="19" valign="top">'.$title.'</td>

<td colspan="2" valign="top">'.$level.'</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="19" colspan="2" valign="top">'.$location.'</td>

<td width="61" valign="top">'.$price.'</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="19" colspan="3" valign="top">'.$description.'<br></td>

</tr>';

}

$variable.='</table>';

 

echo the variable

 

the loop runs continuesly and need to see the terminator on the echo for it will nottouch the thing outside the loop unless it is done looping

 

[pocobueno1388]

<?php

$maincontent = '<table width="443" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->'; //Forgot the semicolon //You also can't echo inside of a variable.

echo $maincontent; //display content from variable
  
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM))
{
$title = $row[0];
$level = $row[1];
$location = $row[2];
$price = $row[3];
$description = $row[4];

echo '<tr>
    <td width="300" height="19" valign="top">'.$title.'</td>
  <td colspan="2" valign="top">'.$level.'</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="19" colspan="2" valign="top">'.$location.'</td>
  <td width="61" valign="top">'.$price.'</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="19" colspan="3" valign="top">'.$description.'<br></td>
  </tr>'; //forgot semicolon
}
echo '</table>'; //forgot to echo this

?>

[wrathican]

the thing is i want all of that inside the $maincontent variable

is this not possible?

[pocobueno1388]

You want the entire code you have posted to be stored in that variable?

 

Why don't you just make a function? What are you trying to do?

[Caesar]

You can use objects to do this...

<?php

//Assuming you've written the class and method....

$maincontent = $settings->load_page($content);

?>

 

OOP

[wrathican]

i think i should have described what im trying to do from the beggining.

well to start from the beggining i have a switch statement that decides wether to pull something from a database or include a file. this is included in the parent file.

im working on the file to be included.

this particular file pulls data from the databse in the while statement and displays all the entries.

in the parent page the place where i want the data to show echo's a variable($maincontent).

what i want is the while statement showing all the entries in that variable so that when i echo it in the parent it shows everythinng from the DB.

i hope that didnt confuse you too much.

[wrathican]

im not familiar with these 'objects' you speak of

[teng84]

$variable.='<tr>

            <td width="300" height="19" valign="top">'.$title.'</td>

            <td colspan="2" valign="top">'.$level.'</td>

          </tr>

          <tr>

            <td height="19" colspan="2" valign="top">'.$location.'</td>

            <td width="61" valign="top">'.$price.'</td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td height="19" colspan="3" valign="top">'.$description.'

</td>

        </tr>';

}

$variable.='</table>';

 

i think this is what your are talking about or tell me y im wrong

[Caesar]

im not familiar with these 'objects' you speak of

 

Object Oriented Programming

 

Once you've written your class and method (And you pass a value to the method in the object that will determine which content is displayed) and initiated your objected...you can pull up content by simply doing...

 

<?php

$settings = new class;
$settings->load_page($content);

?>

[pocobueno1388]

All you need to do is make that code into a function, then you can call it from your other page.

 

[Caesar]

All you need to do is make that code into a function, then you can call it from your other page.

 

 

That too. Though I prefer using classes/methods.