Return HTML from PHP function

Question

I have a PHP function that I'm using to output a standard block of HTML

 <?php function test () { ?>
 echo(" <html>
    <body><h1> HELLO </h1> </body>
</html>
<?php } ?>

but i see the string of HTML and not the page I have see this Is there any way to return HTML in a PHP function? (without building the return value as a string)

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '14 at 11:34

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if you use SLIM framework change the content type:

$app->contentType('application/json');

to:

$app->contentType('text/html');

then use render function of slim instance with specific template or simply echo html string

answered Oct 28 '14 at 11:34

giorgio83

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:04

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you have to do

<?php

function text() {
    echo '<html><body><h1>Hello</h1></body></html>';
}

?>

But in addition this is not the base valid structure of a page. You're missing the <head /> tag.

answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:04

David Ansermot

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This method not found I use SLIM and return the string and not the page. – Matteo Oct 28 '14 at 09:39

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:04

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Try this:

<?php 
function test () 
    { 
      echo '<html><body><h1> HELLO </h1> </body></html>' ;
    } 

?>

answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:04

onlyforthis

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not found i use Slim and see only the string of html – Matteo Oct 24 '14 at 10:10

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:10

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Try this:

<?php

function text() {
    return '<html><body><h1>Hello</h1></body></html>';
}

?>

and where you need it just:

<?php echo text(); ?>

answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:10

Ares Draguna

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:11

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Try out this:

<?php

    function test()
    {
       $html = '<html>';
       $html .= '<body>';
       $html .= '<h1>Hello</h1>';
       $html .= '</body>';
       $html .= '</html>';

       echo $html;
         //or
       return $html;
    }
?>

answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:11

Munshi Azhar

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 24 '14 at 10:13

In PHP you have something called heredoc which lets you write large amounts of text from within PHP, but without the need to constantly escape things. The syntax is <<<EOT [text here] EOT;

So in your case you can have the function return the text like this

function test() {
    return <<<EOT
        <html>
            <body><h1>HELLO</h1></body>
        </html>
    EOT;
 }

Then just call function test to get the contents

echo test();

Return HTML from PHP function

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