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Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:42:44 +0200
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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");