using statements in user defined functions
 

is there a way to create a function that uses values from the statement inside of brackets.

ex.

myFunction(){

      //data here

}

if not, what i am trying to do is get a html tag and check/modify without having it inside of a variable or echo tag.

for example, i want to do the equivilent of this:

<?php 

$data ={

?>

test

<?php

}

myFunction($test);

?>

i do not want to use javascript for this although it would be easier.
thanks!

Re: using statements in user defined functions
 

Although the syntax of your example is incorrect, yes, you can create a function to manipulate the data.

eg.

<?php

function myFunction($input) {

      $output = strtolower($input);

      return $output;

}



$data = 'TEST';

$result = myFunction($data);



echo $result;

?>

Re: using statements in user defined functions
 

the function i am writting needs to take the data contained in a statement>

<?php

checkConfig(){

?>

<input type="text" name="input" />

<?php

}

?>

then check if the configuration applies to it and then return the altered html.
i dont have issues with the "meat" of the function.
i will be constantly changing the data that i want to run through checkConfig() so putting the data in a variable ex. <?php $data="<input....."; ?> would not be efficient or helpful.

maby you can get the same results with a class?

Re: using statements in user defined functions
 

Anything that is outside PHP tags is not available to PHP to manipulate.

Its hard to understand exactly what you are trying to do - why do you wish to manipulate the HTML? What is "the configuration". What is "the data contained in a statement"?

Why not just have PHP output the correct HTML based on your "configuration"?


Matti Ressler
Suomedia

Re: using statements in user defined functions
 

i wrote the below script but it is not done

note: what i will eventually write is not as basic as just bolding the text. i just put that there as an example.

example check function

<?php 

function check($d){

   require('config.php'); // contains $boldtext = true;

   if($boldtext){

         return "<b>".$d."</b>";

    }

}?>

example data:

<?php class data{function get(){  ?>

        This is the text that will go through the check() function

<?php } function ret($string){echo $string;}}$data = new data(); ?>





<?php

$data->ret(check($data->get()));

?>

Re: using statements in user defined functions
 

i dont need to "technicaly" or "directly" manipulate the html, i just need to grab the html and then echo it modified.

let me rephrase this...

when i run this....
<?php function test(){ ?>
data
<?php } ?>

everytime a run test() in php, the html outside of the tags is outputted (data)

i want to take the data in test() and be able to do anything with it that i could do with a normal string.

i DO NOT want to do this.
echo "html here..";

or

<?php
$data = <<<_
html here...
_;
echo $data;
?>

i want to have the text outside of the php tags, grab it, and put it into string so i can echo it later. I cant quite phrase why i need to have the origional html outside of the php tags but you will just have to trust me that it is what i want. I dont know if i am on the right track with using a function to get the data, but i cant find any other way to get it,

i have tried doing something like this: <?php function test(){ return ?>html here...<?php ; } ?>
but nothing is returned.

Thanks for your help so far.

Re: using statements in user defined functions
 

i am sorry for the triple post, i truly am... but i solved this issue after a day's work of googling and thought i could save people the same trouble by posting my solution here. i guess a moderator could delete by past two posts or something.

any way...
i discovered the use of buffering data before it reaches the browser.

<?php 

//function that gets html

function getHTML($container_function){

        //johndm.com - gets html that results from

        //a function. example usage:

        //                <?php function foo(){ ?|> bar <?php } ?|>

        //                echo "<b>".getHTML("foo")."</b>";

        

        ob_start();ob_clean(); //start buffer

        call_user_func($container_function); //call container function

        $data=ob_get_contents(); //get data

        ob_end_clean(); //remove output from function

        return $data; //return html

        

} 



//example usage



function foo(){ ?>

<b>foo</b>

<?php } 

$d=getHTML("foo"); 



//now that the html outputted by the

//function is in a string, you can do anything

//to it you could do to a string.



echo "i am a ".$d." bar";

echo "<br />";

echo "i am ".strlen($d)." chars long";

echo "<br />";

echo "i have ".substr_count($d,">")." '>'s in me";

echo "<br />";

echo "my html looks like this: ".htmlentities($d);



//not only can it get html that is not inside

//of php tags, it can also let you modify 

//echo/printed data from a function also.

?>

Re: using statements in user defined functions
 

Perhaps something like this?

<?php

function myfunction($buffer) {

        return str_replace('hello', 'goodbye', $buffer);

}

$mystuff = ob_start("myfunction");

?>

I am here to say hello

<?php

ob_end_flush();

?>

Matti Ressler
Suomedia

Re: using statements in user defined functions
 

thanks! that does work simpler than my method.