What is wrong?

[JohnN4]

I am trying to make a contact block function that can be displayed inside another function, and that is why i have the $contact(); variable. Php keeps telling me that the function name must be a string, but it is isn't it?

What is wrong with the script?:

<?

$contact();

$contactblock = 'show';

//================================//
//     Contact Block Function     //
//================================//

$contact = 'contact_block';

function contact_block() {
global $contactblock;
    switch ($contactblock) {
        case 'show':
	    show_contact_block();
            break;
        case 'hide':
        default:
	    show_contact_block_null();
            break;
    }
}

function show_contact_block() {
print<<<_WML_
<br/>
<a href="mailto:hello">Send me an Email</a><br/>
<a href="wtai://wp/ap;s;d">Add my name to your phonebook</a><br/>
_WML_;
}

function show_contact_block_null() {
print<<<_WML_
a
_WML_;
}

?>

[bubblenut]

I can see a few errors but I'm not going to tell you what they are untill you can compose a proper question. What exactly is the problem you're having? What errors are you getting? That kind of thing.

[JohnN4]

ok, changed the question 🙂 (had forgotten)

[bubblenut]

$contact() is not correct php syntax. What are you expecting this to do? If you want contact to be a function then you declare it like

function contact() {
  //function stuff in here
}

If I'm guessing correctly then this is the sort of thing you're trying to achieve.

<?


$contactblock = 'show';

//================================//
//     Contact Block Function     //
//================================//

contact_block();

function contact_block() {
global $contactblock;
    switch ($contactblock) {
        case 'show':
        show_contact_block();
            break;
        case 'hide':
        default:
        show_contact_block_null();
            break;
    }
}

function show_contact_block() {
print<<<_WML_
<br/>
<a href="mailto:hello">Send me an Email</a><br/>
<a href="wtai://wp/ap;s;d">Add my name to your phonebook</a><br/>
_WML_;
}

function show_contact_block_null() {
print<<<_WML_
a
_WML_;
}

?> 

[JohnN4]

Yes, but how do i make the contact_block(); work inside another function?

[bubblenut]

I don't understand. Do you mean you want it declared in another function (if so why?) or do you mean you want it executed in another function (in which case you just call it in that function)

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by JohnN4
I am trying to make a contact block function that can be displayed inside another function, and that is why i have the $contact(); variable. Php keeps telling me that the function name must be a string, but it is isn't it?

$contact();
$contactblock = 'show';
$contact = 'contact_block';

[/b]

No, it's not a string. $contact doesn't have a value at all until a couple of lines later. What exactly are you trying to achieve?

[JohnN4]

I have this script for switching headers and footers, and i want to have a contact block function in the footers function...i thought that it was enough to put $contact(); in the footers function, and then in the contact script put $contact = 'contact_block'; to make it work......

Here is the switch function for the headers and the footers, and the contact block functin, with an attempt to make it work...:

<?

$site_encoding = 'XHTML';
$contact_block = 'show';
$owner_email = '[e-mail]';
$owner_number = '123454567';
$owner_name = 'blabla';

opentable();
closetable();

//================================//
//     Site Encoding Switcher     //
//================================//

function opentable() {
global $site_encoding;
    switch ($site_encoding) {
        case 'XHTML':
            XHTML_header();
            break;
        case 'WML':
        default:
            WML_header();
            break;
    }
}

function closetable() {
global $site_encoding;
    switch ($site_encoding) {
        case 'XHTML':
	    xhtml_footer_block()
            xhtml_footer();
            break;
        case 'WML':
        default:
	    wml_footer_block();
            wml_footer();
            break;
    }
}

//================================//
//           WML Header           //
//================================//

function wml_header() {
header('Content-type: text/vnd.wap.wml');
echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>';
print<<<_WML_

<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<head>
<meta forua="true" http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="max-age=0"/>
</head>
_WML_;
}


//================================//
//           WML Footer           //
//================================//

function wml_footer() {
print<<<_WML_
</card>
</wml>

_WML_;
}


//================================//
//        WML Footer Block        //
//================================//

function wml_footer_block() {
$contact();
}


//================================//
//          XHTML Header          //
//================================//

function xhtml_header() {
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>';
print<<<_XHTML_

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN"
	"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
_XHTML_;
}


//================================//
//          XHTML Footer          //
//================================//

function xhtml_footer() {
print<<<_XHTML_
</body>
</html>

_XHTML_;
}


//================================//
//       XHTML Footer Block       //
//================================//

function xhtml_footer_block() {
$contact();
}


//================================//
//     Contact Block Function     //
//================================//

$contact = 'contact_block';

function contact_block() {
global $contact_block;
    switch ($contact_block) {
        case 'show':
	    show_contact_block();
            break;
        case '':
        default:
	    show_contact_block_null();
            break;
    }
}

function show_contact_block() {
print<<<_WML_
<br/>
<a href="mailto:$owner_email">Send me an Email</a><br/>
<a href="wtai://wp/ap;$owner_number;$owner_name">Add my name to your phonebook</a><br/>
_WML_;
}

function show_contact_block_null() {
print<<<_WML_
_WML_;
}

?>

All the config variables are at the top, and the $contact(); is located in the xhtml_footer_block() and wml_footer_block() functions in an attempt to call the function.

[JohnN4]

Could anyone help me out?

[bubblenut]

I suggest you read up on how functions work in php. I'm not exactly sure of what you're trying to do but I am sure what you're doing isn't right. I'm sorry I can't be more help. 🙁