I have a PHP function that I\'m using to output a standard block of HTML. It currently looks like this:
This may be a sketchy solution, and I'd appreciate anybody pointing out whether this is a bad idea, since it's not a standard use of functions. I've had some success getting HTML out of a PHP function without building the return value as a string with the following:
function noStrings() {
echo ''?>
<div>[Whatever HTML you want]</div>
<?php;
}
The just 'call' the function:
noStrings();
And it will output:
<div>[Whatever HTML you want]</div>
Using this method, you can also define PHP variables within the function and echo them out inside the HTML.
Yes, there is: you can capture the echo
ed text using ob_start:
<?php function TestBlockHTML($replStr) {
ob_start(); ?>
<html>
<body><h1><?php echo($replStr) ?></h1>
</html>
<?php
return ob_get_clean();
} ?>