How can I put this php into this html?

Question

So I have the following php:

    $latest_cpt = get_posts("post_type=event&numberposts=1"); 
$theidone =$latest_cpt[0]->ID;
$this_post_id =  $theidone; //get_the_ID();
$key_2_value =  get_post_meta( $this_post_id, 'custom_select', true );
if( ! empty( $key_2_value )) {
$thisisworking =   $key_2_value ;
 ;}

I need to put all the php code above where '.$thisisworking.' is below. I keep getting semi colon is unexpected php errors when I try.

div id="indent">
 <span style="font-size:0.2em">
    <h2><?php echo $EM_Category->output('#_CATEGORYNAME'); ?></h2>
    </span>
    <?php echo $EM_Category->output('#_CATEGORYNOTES'); ?></p>
    <p> <?php //echo $EM_Category->output('#_CATEGORYALLEVENTS'); ?>  </p>


    <?php echo EM_Events::Output( array('format'=>
'
<li>
<br />
<span style="color: #ed834e; clear:both;  display:block"> '.$thisisworking.'#_EVENTNAME </span> 
 </li>
<br />
<b> 
<li>

Can someone tell me how this can be achieved?

echo EM_Events::Output( array('format'=> is how the wordpress plugin author, says templates to modify his wordpress plugin should be coded. Can anyone help please?

UPDATE: I tried this but it doesn't seem to make any difference:

function letsmakethiswork()  { 
    $latest_cpt = get_posts("post_type=event"); 
    foreach ( $latest_cpt as $cpt_post ) {
        $theidone =$cpt_post->ID;
        $this_post_id =  $theidone; //get_the_ID();
        $key_2_value =  get_post_meta( $this_post_id, 'custom_select', true );
        if( ! empty( $key_2_value )) {
            $thisisworking =   $key_2_value ;
        }
        return $key_2_value;
    }
}
    // END OF NEW CATEGORY SYSTEM 
?>

<div id="indent">
 <span style="font-size:0.2em">
    <h2><?php echo $EM_Category->output('#_CATEGORYNAME'); ?></h2>
    </span>
    <?php echo $EM_Category->output('#_CATEGORYNOTES'); ?></p>
    <p> <?php //echo $EM_Category->output('#_CATEGORYALLEVENTS'); ?>  </p>


    <?php echo EM_Events::Output( array('format'=>
'
<li>
<br />
<span style="color: #ed834e; clear:both;  display:block"> '.letsmakethiswork().'#_EVENTNAME </span> 
 </li>
<br />
<b> 
<li>

That last semi-colon looks suspect to me ;} but then I don't do PHP — Turnip
– Turnip, Commented May 11, 2015 at 18:37
@uʍopǝpısdn You would think that would cause an error, but it doesn't. You can have extra semicolons all over the place in PHP and it doesn't do anything. — Mike
– Mike, Commented May 11, 2015 at 18:40
@uʍopǝpısdn I agree completely. PHP tends to be silly more often than not. — Mike
– Mike, Commented May 11, 2015 at 19:02

Marc B · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-11 18:39:25Z

1

Turn it into a function?

function foo() { 
   ... your mangled code ...
   return $whatever_you_built;
}

$string = "foo bar " . foo() . " baz qux";

answered May 11, 2015 at 18:39

Marc B

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