Functions as function arguments

[mGee]

Ok, I've done a search through the mailing list for an answer, but none of the related posts answer my question.

I'm trying to send a function as an argument to another function and the output is not as expected.

Here's an example of the code:

function make_textarea() {
    echo "<textarea cols=40 rows=8></textarea>";
}
function p_wrapper($item_to_wrap) {
    echo "<p>";
    echo $item_to_wrap;
    echo "</p>\n";
}

p_wrapper(make_textarea());

So what I want to be output is:

<p><textarea cols=40 rows=8></textarea></p>

Instead I get:

<textarea cols=40 rows=8></textarea><p></p>

Any suggestions?

Much thanks in advance 🙂

[devinemke]

function make_textarea()
{
	return '<textarea cols=40 rows=8></textarea>';
} 

function p_wrapper($item_to_wrap)
{
	echo '<p>' . $item_to_wrap . '</p>' . "\n";
} 

p_wrapper(make_textarea());

[mGee]

HUGE THANKS! Definitely a huge help.