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Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:57:49 +0200
From: Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan>
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Subject: Re: can one make a php function or macro with arguments to generate HTML code?
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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.........