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Re: can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code? [message #181774 is a reply to message #181773]

Sat, 01 June 2013 10:57

Luuk
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On 01-06-2013 12:42, Luuk wrote:
> On 01-06-2013 12:21, steve nospam wrote:
>> I am newbie. I am writing HTML and find myself duplicating lots of
>> code, which is the same except for 1 or 2 names/items in it.
>>
>> I do not know how to make a function or macro that takes arguments in
>> HTML or CSS. Then I read that php is much more powerful and one should
>> code HTML pages in php.
>>
>> Here is an example of what I have, I am just asking for a hint or a
>> link on how to code this in php.
>>
>> <div class="blabla">
>> <video poster="folder_name/image.png" controls>
>> <source src="folder_name/movie.ogv" type="video/ogg">
>> <source src="folder_name/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
>> opps, browser does not support the video tag.
>> </video>
>> </div>
>>
>> The above block of HTML close is repeated many time. Each time, a
>> different "folder_name" is used.
>> So I end up copy/paste and edit this code many many times.
>>
>> It would be nice if I can define a function, and just pass it the
>> folder_name and it returns back this whole code. So the above becomes
>>
>> <div class="name">
>> make_video_code("ABC")
>> </div>
>>
>> <div class="name">
>> make_video_code("ADR")
>> </div>
>>
>> <div class="name">
>> make_video_code("ACB")
>> </div>
>>
>> etc.... you get the idea.
>>
>> Is something like this possible? Does any one have a templates or
>> example of how to do this in php? where to put the function
>> make_video_code()?
>>
>> thanks
>> Steve
>>
>
> I would also include the 'div' inside the function, like this (untested):
>
> function make_video_code($class, $video) {
> echo "<div class=${class}>";
> echo "<video poster="folder_name/image.png" controls>";
> echo "<source src="folder_name/${video}.ogv" type="video/ogg">"
> echo "</video>";
> echo "</div>";
> }
>
> makevideo("name", "ABC");
> makevideo("name", "ADR");
> makevideo("different_class", "ACB");
>
>

hmm, luckily i wrote '*untested*'

there's a ';' missing, and the function-name on the last 3 lines is
wrong.........

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		can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code? By: steve nospam on Sat, 01 June 2013 10:21
		Re: can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code? By: Luuk on Sat, 01 June 2013 10:42
		Re: can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code? By: Luuk on Sat, 01 June 2013 10:57
		Re: can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 01 June 2013 13:10
		Re: can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code? By: steve nospam on Sat, 01 June 2013 13:23
		Re: can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 01 June 2013 14:16
		Re: can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code? By: bill on Sat, 01 June 2013 14:22

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