Functions Within Print Statements

Anon

Okay, stoopid question time...

My boss (who is learning PHP) wants to know if we can do something like this:

We have a function named setfont($size,$color). You pass size and color to the function and it builds a font string for you. Now, my boss is wondering if we can do something like:

print "<html code here>setfont($size,$color)<continue with code>";

The setfont() function contains a print statement that spits out the string. Is a best solution something like:

My boss is a long-time MetaHTML user so he complains about stuff he can do in MetaHTML that he can't do in PHP. So any help you can give me would be appreciated.

Anon

$font = setfont($size,$color);

Now you can use $font in your print statement

Anon

Louie wrote:

$font = setfont($size,$color);

Now you can use $font in your print statement

I realize that I can do that but was wondering if there was any other way around it...my boss is looking for a way to save himself some time.

Anon

well try a printf statement

printf('<htmlcodehere>%s<morehtmlcodehere>', setfont($size,$color));

Anon

Louie wrote:

well try a printf statement

printf('<htmlcodehere>%s<morehtmlcodehere>', setfont($size,$color));

Now that looks a little better. It's been a long time since my C days so I forgot that PHP can use printf. Thanks Louie!

Anon

You could do like this to.
print("".setfont($size,$color)."");

Anon

easier that that; you use the concatenation operator to break into and out of strings:

echo "<html code here>".setfont($size,$color)."<continue with code>";

oh yes; and you should be using style sheets :-P

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