Execute PHP Echo inside input tag (text field)

Question

I'm using a function inside a php script to return a text field containing a value. This value is retrieved from a variable. How can I make this possible?

This is the code that I tried to use but it didn't work.

function display_name()
{   
    return '<input type="text" maxlength="50" readonly="readonly" value=" '. $current_user->display_name .'" name="CreatedBy" style="width:100%">';
}

can you show me where you want to display or echo this return value? — Code Lღver
– Code Lღver, Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 8:11

Dan · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-08 08:11:49Z

5

By handing the function the variable as a parameter.

function display_name($current_user)
{   
    return '<input type="text" maxlength="50" readonly="readonly" value=" '. $current_user->display_name .'" name="CreatedBy" style="width:100%">';
}

then calling it like

display_name($current_user);

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 8:11

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Your Common Sense · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-08 08:37:53Z

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I see absolutely no point in having such a function.
It will make your code bloated and hard to maintain.

Why not just have this piece of HTML just along other HTML codes in the template?

<input type="text" maxlength="50" readonly="readonly" value="<?=$current_user->display_name?>" name="CreatedBy" style="width:100%">

or at least make it more generalized, to make it call like this

html_input("text",'CreatedBy',$current_user->display_name,
           array("maxlength=>"50",readonly=>"readonly",style=>"width:100%"));

to use such a function for the every input on the site.

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 8:37

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