Making "containers" - is there a way?

[Sandman]

I want to do this:

function square ($a){ print "-- $a --"; }

And use it like this:

<? square( ?> Hello! <? ) ?>

And get this:

-- Hello! --

But of course it doesn't work, so I have to do this:

function square1 { print "-- "; }
function square2 { print " --"; }

And us it like this:

<? square1() ?> Hello! <? square2() ?>


Which isn't as clean... Is there a way to solve it like I want to do it?
If you hadn't understood it yet, it's for making a frame around blocks
of text.

[Martin Lucas-Smith]

Re: Making &quot;container s&quot; - is there a way?



[color=blue]
> it's for making a frame around blocks of text.[/color]

Not sure exactly what you meant, but have you considered doing this in CSS
stylesheets?


<style type="text/css">
p.box {border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;}
</style>


<p class="box">Blo ck of text</p>



Martin

[Jon Kraft]

Re: Making &quot;container s&quot; - is there a way?

Sandman wrote:
[color=blue]
> If you hadn't understood it yet, it's for making a frame around blocks
> of text.[/color]

<p style="border-style: dashed; border-width: 1px; border-color:
black;">Hello</p>

HTH;
JOn

[Sandman]

Re: Making &quot;container s&quot; - is there a way?

In article <Pine.SOL.4.44. 0308261437130.1 3516-100000@green.cs i.cam.ac.uk>,
Martin Lucas-Smith <mvl22@cam.ac.u k> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
> > it's for making a frame around blocks of text.[/color]
>
> Not sure exactly what you meant, but have you considered doing this in CSS
> stylesheets?
>
>
> <style type="text/css">
> p.box {border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;}
> </style>
>
>
> <p class="box">Blo ck of text</p>[/color]

Thanks, but CSS only affects the appaerance, I want to actually insert things
before and after the text.

--
Sandman[.net]

[Sandman]

Re: Making &quot;container s&quot; - is there a way?

In article <bifrjv$fr4$1@t itan.btinternet .com>, haptiK <nospam@nospam. com>
wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
> > I want to do this:
> >
> > function square ($a){ print "-- $a --"; }
> >
> > And use it like this:
> >
> > <? square( ?> Hello! <? ) ?>
> >
> > And get this:
> >
> > -- Hello! --
> >
> > But of course it doesn't work, so I have to do this:
> >
> > function square1 { print "-- "; }
> > function square2 { print " --"; }
> >
> > And us it like this:
> >
> > <? square1() ?> Hello! <? square2() ?>
> >
> >
> > Which isn't as clean... Is there a way to solve it like I want to do it?
> > If you hadn't understood it yet, it's for making a frame around blocks
> > of text.[/color]
>
> whats wrong with the following...
> <?php
> function square($a) {
>
> print "-- $a --";
>
> }
> ?>
>
> <?php square('Hello!' ); ?>
>
> thats all you need to do... am i missing something here?[/color]

Well, I want to use this for things like:

<? square( ?>
Hello, everything here will be inside a nice looking box, constructed with a
table, and this image will also look fine: <img ....> And bla bla bla...
<? ); ?>

See? I don't want to be restricted by the limitations that the function string
implies.

--
Sandman[.net]

[André Næss]

Re: Making &quot;container s&quot; - is there a way?

Sandman:
[color=blue]
> Well, I want to use this for things like:
>
> <? square( ?>
> Hello, everything here will be inside a nice looking box, constructed with
> a table, and this image will also look fine: <img ....> And bla bla bla...
> <? ); ?>
>
> See? I don't want to be restricted by the limitations that the function
> string implies.[/color]

Use a function, but whenever the string becomes complicated use heredoc
syntax (see
http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...syntax.heredoc)

If the contents become quite large, use file inclusion where
square('filenam e') means to wrap the contents of filename with whatever you
define in square().

IMO they are both a lot easier on the eye than the syntax you want... Don't
forget that other people may have to work with your code at some stage :)

André Næss

[Juha Suni]

Re: Making &quot;container s&quot; - is there a way?


"Sandman" <mr@sandman.net > wrote in message
news:mr-224317.22271026 082003@news.fu-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> Well, I want to use this for things like:
>
> <? square( ?>
> Hello, everything here will be inside a nice looking box, constructed with[/color]
a[color=blue]
> table, and this image will also look fine: <img ....> And bla bla bla...
> <? ); ?>
>
> See? I don't want to be restricted by the limitations that the function[/color]
string[color=blue]
> implies.
>[/color]

How about doing it the template way ? Just insert an imaginary tag to your
HTML, like {square}:

{square}
Hello, everything here will be inside a nice looking box, constructed with a
table, and this image will also look fine: <img ....> And bla bla bla...
{/square}

Then at the end just pass all the output of the file through a function that
replaces {square} and {/square} with whatever you wish. output buffering
will be handy here, lets you edit and play with outputted text (text outside
php tags) before it is sent to the browser.
See: http://www.php.net/ob_start


HTH

--
Suni