RE: [PHP-DB] Looping within a string?

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:54, Chris Payne wrote: > Hi there, > > Well basically I have a list of items and their prices etc ..... which > have > to be sent via email, so I need to store the data in a string. I THOUGHT > I could execute the loop with all the elements (Such as table rows etc > ...) inside a string, but I was wrong, so how can I store the data PLUS > the table > data into a string? It has to be an HTML email and I'm stumped. I can > send an email no problem, but not with all the data, just the last row in > the data. > > Chris > > On Friday 17 December 2004 10:33, Chris Payne wrote: > >> I?m having to send an email with looped results, but I?m having problems. >> I can send an email no problem, and this code works OUTSIDE of the >> string, but not inside, can anyone see what is going wrong? > > Please explain what you are doing. A string is a string. Code doesn't > execute > inside a string. What else are you doing to the string? > Create the output in the same manner as you would use if you were displaying it; in other words, loop through the source (database, whatever) adding the formatting as required. Instead of echoing the output to screen, append it to a variable. Voila, you have the data all in one variable. -- David Robley "My pencil is dull," said Tom pointlessly.