note 52794 added to ref.funchand

An interesting way to use functions is by putting other things than PHP in them, i.e. HTML CSS. This can be useful if you will be using a format for many pages. Yes, the include function can be used also, but by defining them in functions can make them more portable in a way and keep you from having to make many include files. You could use include() when one will be putting big portions of PHP, HTML, and/or CSS and will be using them in many pages. Then you could use PHP, HTML, and/or CSS in a function when it is smaller portions of code and only want it to be on a few pages. I have been using include() for HTML and CSS in my early days of PHP coding, but I will be using functions for that a lot more now. <?php function a() { ?> <style type="text/css"> table { border: 1px dashed black; background: #95EAFE; text-align:left; width:610px; } .linkbar { font-family:sans-serif; line-height:40px; top:1px; text-align:center; width:200px; height:10px; } </style> <?php } ?> Now doing: <?php a(); ?> will return all of the CSS just as if you had wrote it on the actual page, or used include() . The same thing goes for HTML code inside a function. The possibilities are endless... ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.funchand.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52794 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52794&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52794&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52794&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52794&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52794&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52794&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php