using <<< notation within a function

[samvb]

I have a small form generated from a function:

$form=<<<EOD
<form action="index.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="addform">

<table id="contenttable" cellspacing="0">

<tr><td class="error">{$errmsg}</td></tr>

<tr class="firstrow"><td> Title</td><td><input type="text" size="50" name="ctitle" maxlength="150" value="{$_POST[ctitle]}"></td></tr>
<input type="submit" class="buttons" name="go" value="Check"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
EOD;
return $form;

which works just fine. But when i try something like this, error (Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\AppServ\www\ pv5\wana\fn_lis t.php on line 89) is generated:

function ListTitles(){
$sql="SELECT title FROM nletters";

$query=mysql_query($sql);

$ttlfound=mysql_num_rows($query);
     
	 mysql_free_result($query);
	  if($ttlfound=="0"){
	  return "No letters matching your critrea found.";
           }//if $ttlfound
		   
		   else{//at least one news found.
		    //build the table now.
			$form=<<<EOD
			
			EOD;
			 
		   }//close at least one title found.
		   return $form;
}

How can i use <<< notation in this form? I don't want to echo the output but instead hold it within a variable $form. Is storing html form within string - like this:

$form="<table><tr><td><b>$title</b></td></tr></table>"

the only way to go?

[Atli]

Hey.

The closing line of the Heredoc syntax must be the first thing in a line. If you put anything before it, even a white-space, you get a parse error. This is true no matter where in the syntax you use it; inside a function, a class, or whatever else.

This is the right way to use it inside of a function.

<?php
function foo() {
    echo <<<TEXT

The closing delimiter MUST be the first thing in the line.
If you move it to match the indentation of the opening line,
you get a parse error.

TEXT;
}
?>