Need to get dynamic HTML content as a string

Question

I want to be able too add this piece of code in a surrounded by an echo""

and stil be able to output the variables that is currently in the like below. This is where my mind is shutting down badly.

  <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['leaveID']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
  <td><a href='Leavedetail.php?recordID=<?php echo $row_Recordset1['leaveID']; ?>'> <?php echo $row_Recordset1['serviceNumber']; ?>&nbsp; </a></td>
  <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['rank']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
  <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['organisation']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
  <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['lastName']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
  <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['firstName']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
  <td><a class='btn btn-default' href='userDeleteProcess.php?id={$row_Recordset1['leaveID']}'>Delete</a></td>

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I would suggest using an heredoc - You can read about it in the PHP [Manual](http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php) — Peter, Nov 19 '15 at 11:41

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '15 at 11:36

You are in need of using ob_get_contents();

Your code will look like this.

<?php
ob_start();
?>

      <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['leaveID']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
      <td><a href='Leavedetail.php?recordID=<?php echo $row_Recordset1['leaveID']; ?>'> <?php echo $row_Recordset1['serviceNumber']; ?>&nbsp; </a></td>
      <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['rank']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
      <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['organisation']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
      <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['lastName']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
      <td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['firstName']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
      <td><a class='btn btn-default' href='userDeleteProcess.php?id={$row_Recordset1['leaveID']}'>Delete</a></td>

<?php
$output = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
echo $output;
?>

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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In cases if you cannot use output buffering as @PratikSoni suggested, I would recommend looking up printf() or sprintf() functions for having formatted output.

Usage example:

$output .= sprintf("<td>%s&nbsp;</td>", $row_Recordset1['leaveID']);

This way you have it in a variable, and could do echo or whatever else you might need it for.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 19 '15 at 15:20

See if this works

<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['leaveID']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
<td><a href='Leavedetail.php?recordID=<?php echo $row_Recordset1['leaveID']; ?>'> <?php echo $row_Recordset1['serviceNumber']; ?>&nbsp; </a></td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['rank']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['organisation']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['lastName']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
<td><?php echo $row_Recordset1['firstName']; ?>&nbsp; </td>
<td><a class='btn btn-default' href='userDeleteProcess.php?id={$row_Recordset1['leaveID']}'>Delete</a></td>

Need to get dynamic HTML content as a string

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