Re: About printing functions
| From: | Paul M Foster | Date: | Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:38:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: About printing functions | ||
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On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 08:49:46PM +0200, Thodoris wrote:
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>
> Well Jason my point is theoretical. Lets just say that this function
> doesn't just print "blah blah blah" but like tones of html that you may
> like to reuse...
>
> Well you could always change it to this:
>
> function print_str() {
> $str = "blah blah blah";
> return $str;
> }
>
> and use the output you got from the function whenever you like (print
> it, make it a toast, cook it with bees etc).
>
> But the question still remains: Is there a way to do this?
The only way to save this text off is to put it in a $_SESSION variable
or cookie, at least if you want to save it beyond the present page. Oh,
you could also store it in a database.
Paul
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Paul M. Foster