function question

Anon

Hi,
If I make a function that outputs a form how do I then pass that function on to say a template as a variable?
Here is my test example (without the template stuff)

<?
function form() {
?>
<form action ="somthing.php">
<input type ="text">
</form>
<?
}
$test=html_test();
Print("testing var" . $test);
?>

Problem is that it executes the function when I try to assign it to a var and wont print the form when I ask it to

Any ideas or insights appreciated!

Cheers

Nick

knickerlas

The fuction definition and function call should of course both be the same!

Sorry 🙂

berbbrown

I hope understand your problem correctly, why not try:

<?php
function form() {

echo "<form action =\"somthing.php\">
<input type =\"text\">
</form>";

}
?>

<?php

$test=form();
Print("testing var" . $test);

Anon

I did think about that but I wasn't sure if I could stick the whole form into one echo "" statement. In fact I thought that you couldn't use multiple lines in PHP without ending each line with a ;
Could you enlighten me?

Many thanks '

Nick

knickerlas

PS
It still works the same so I still have the original problem!

Nick

quicknik

Hi,

i am not sure what you want your function to
do ...
Do you wnat your function to output the html form code on execution or do you want the function to return the form code in a variable ?

bye,
Niko

Anon

Well I wanted the form code stored in a variable so that I could pass it to an template.
I seem to have just solved the problem though! This is what I came up with, let me know if you have a better way of doing it.

<?
function form() {
$form="";
$form .="\n<form action =\"somthing.php\">";
$form .="\n<input type =\"text\">";
$form .="\n</form>";
return $form;
}

$test=form();
Print("testing var<br><br>" . $test);

Thanks guys

Nick

quicknik

hi,

yes ...you missed the return...
so that was why i asked you about what
you the function was for.

So, but why don't you define the form in
an external file and the simply do a
include("myform.inc")

bye,

     Niko

Anon

If I did that I wouldn't be able to pass the form as a variable to the template class I'm using.
That's why the complications

Nick