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PHP

Posted by Dean Gray
Dean Gray
12,487 Points

return html from a php function

Hi,

How should I return this html block? It's been awhile since I did any raw php 

<?php 

$jobs = array
  (
  array('id'=>'LW12345','MK'=>1,'jobTitle'=>'C4BH35','jobStartDate' => date("d/m/Y"),'qty'=>5000,'jobDuration'=>'3:00'),
  array('id'=>'LW15783','MK'=>1,'jobTitle'=>'C4BH75','jobStartDate' => date("d/m/Y",strtotime("+ 1 day")),'qty'=>12000,'jobDuration'=>'3:00'),
  array('id'=>'DG12345','MK'=>1,'jobTitle'=>'C5BH50','jobStartDate' => date("d/m/Y",strtotime("+ 2 day")),'qty'=>6000,'jobDuration'=>'3:00'),
  array('id'=>'LK17543','MK'=>1,'jobTitle'=>'C5BH35','jobStartDate' => date("d/m/Y",strtotime("+ 3 day")),'qty'=>9000,'jobDuration'=>'3:00')
  );

function machineJobs($jobs) {
  foreach ($jobs as $job) {?>
            <tr>
              <td><?php $job['$id'] ?></td>
              <td><?php $job['$jobTitle'] ?></td>
              <td><?php $job['$jobStartDate'] ?></td>
              <td><?php $job['$jobDuration'] ?></td>
              <td><?php $job['$qty'] ?></td>
            </tr>  
  <?php return }
}
Dean Gray
Dean Gray
12,487 Points

Just thought should I be echoing out the html??

1 Answer

Alexandre Babeanu
Alexandre Babeanu
10,947 Points
Alexandre Babeanu
Alexandre Babeanu
10,947 Points

This should work. Then you can echo it wherever.

<?php 

$jobs = array(
     array('id'=>'LW12345','MK'=>1,'jobTitle'=>'C4BH35','jobStartDate' => date("d/m/Y"),'qty'=>5000,'jobDuration'=>'3:00'),
     array('id'=>'LW15783','MK'=>1,'jobTitle'=>'C4BH75','jobStartDate' => date("d/m/Y",strtotime("+ 1 day")),'qty'=>12000,'jobDuration'=>'3:00'),
     array('id'=>'DG12345','MK'=>1,'jobTitle'=>'C5BH50','jobStartDate' => date("d/m/Y",strtotime("+ 2 day")),'qty'=>6000,'jobDuration'=>'3:00'),
     array('id'=>'LK17543','MK'=>1,'jobTitle'=>'C5BH35','jobStartDate' => date("d/m/Y",strtotime("+ 3 day")),'qty'=>9000,'jobDuration'=>'3:00')
 );

function machineJobs($jobs) {
    $output = "";
    foreach ($jobs as $job) {
            $output .= "<tr>";
            $output .= "<td>".$job['$id']."</td>";
            $output .=  "<td>".$job['$jobTitle']."</td>";
            $output .=  "<td>".$job['$jobStartDate']."</td>";
            $output .=  "<td>".$job['$jobDuration']."</td>";
            $output .=  "<td>".$job['$qty']."</td></tr>"  
   }

   return $output;
}
?>

<?php echo machineJobs($jobs); ?>
Dean Gray
Dean Gray
12,487 Points

Hi thank you for your help, I had to amend your code slightly by taking out the $ sign when calling the key inside the foreach. I also added an if statement for best practice reasons.

function machineJobs($jobs) {
    $output = "";
     foreach ($jobs as $job) {
      if ( isset($job['id']) and isset($job['jobTitle']) and isset($job['jobStartDate']) and isset($job['jobDuration']) and isset($job['qty'])){
               $output .= "<tr>";
              $output .= "<td>".$job['id']."</td>";
              $output .=  "<td>".$job['jobTitle']."</td>";
              $output .=  "<td>".$job['jobStartDate']."</td>";
              $output .=  "<td>".$job['jobDuration']."</td>";
              $output .=  "<td>".$job['qty']."</td> </tr>";  
   }}

   return $output;
}