access to variables from different php blocks

Question

I need to write a large block of html from a php file. To do this, I am closing an initial php block (using '?>'), then writing the html, followed by the new php block.

I need to access variables from the first php block in the second php block.

Could anyone explain the most efficient way to do this?

Right now, when I refer, in the second block, to a variable assigned with a non-zero value in the first block, I just get a returned value of 0.

Thanks for any help.

The variable should still have a value in the next block. Show us some code. — John Conde
– John Conde, Commented Apr 21, 2012 at 21:55
Answer can be found here. stackoverflow.com/questions/5126261/… @pyrate :done — OrangeTux
– OrangeTux, Commented Apr 21, 2012 at 22:12
OK thanks all, your comments have let me understand the problem better. I will be using suggestion by Martins Briedis (below) to solve. — ploddingOn
– ploddingOn, Commented Apr 22, 2012 at 10:47

Mārtiņš Briedis · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-21 21:55:23Z

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You should look in to something like a MVC development pattern.

The easiest way would be not to output everything in many blocks, but to append to a certain variable which is echoed at the end.

// code block
$html .= '<strong>Some html</strong>';

// other code block
$html .= '...';

// Other code

// At last, at the end
echo $html;

answered Apr 21, 2012 at 21:55

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ploddingOn Over a year ago

Thanks, will be using this approach.

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