access to variables from different php blocks

Question

I need to write a large block of html from a php file. To do this, I am closing an initial php block (using '?>'), then writing the html, followed by the new php block.

I need to access variables from the first php block in the second php block.

Could anyone explain the most efficient way to do this?

Right now, when I refer, in the second block, to a variable assigned with a non-zero value in the first block, I just get a returned value of 0.

Thanks for any help.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5126261/php-variable-scope-between-code-blocks — OrangeTux, Apr 21 '12 at 21:54
The variable should still have a value in the next block. Show us some code. — John Conde, Apr 21 '12 at 21:55
Answer can be found here. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5126261/php-variable-scope-between-code-blocks @pyrate :done — OrangeTux, Apr 21 '12 at 22:12
OK thanks all, your comments have let me understand the problem better. I will be using suggestion by Martins Briedis (below) to solve. — ploddingOn, Apr 22 '12 at 10:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '12 at 21:55

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You should look in to something like a MVC development pattern.

The easiest way would be not to output everything in many blocks, but to append to a certain variable which is echoed at the end.

// code block
$html .= '<strong>Some html</strong>';

// other code block
$html .= '...';

// Other code

// At last, at the end
echo $html;

answered Apr 21 '12 at 21:55

Mārtiņš Briedis

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Thanks, will be using this approach. – ploddingOn Apr 22 '12 at 10:48

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