Adding pgp to a variable HELP

[goocharlton]

I am trying to use this code....

<?php
include("news_items.php"); 
			foreach ($news as $value) {
				echo "<p>";
				echo "<b>" .$value[date]. "</b><br>";
				echo $value[content];
				echo "<p>";
			}
?>

...inside a simple variable like so...

<?php
$variable = include("news_items.php"); 
			foreach ($news as $value) {
				echo "<p>";
				echo "<b>" .$value[date]. "</b><br>";
				echo $value[content];
				echo "<p>";
			}
?>

 

As you would already know this doesn't work. How do I achieve this?

[MadTechie]

news_items.php

funtion GetSomeData()
{
$tmp = "";
foreach ($news as $value) {
	$tmp .= "<p>";
	$tmp .= "<b>" .$value[date]. "</b><br>";
	$tmp .= $value[content];
	$tmp .= "<p>";
}
return $tmp
}

 

other php script

include("news_items.php"); 
$variable = GetSomeData();