07-27-2023, 09:47 AM
is there anything wrong with using html inside a class function? I call it in the DOM so I don't need a string returned.
public function the_contact_table(){
?>
<div>
some html here
</div>
<?php
}
Also when I do need the string I use this method? Is there a better way or is this relatively standard?
public function get_single(){
ob_start();?>
<div class='staff-member single'>
<div class='col left'>
<div class='thumbnail'>
thumbnail
</div>
<?php $this->the_contact_table(); ?>
</div>
<div class='col right'>
</div>
</div>
<?php
$content = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $content;
}
**UPDATE**
I should have explained why i am doing this. I'm making a Wordpress plugin and want to control a post types output. So I am using a filter like below
public function filter_single($content){
global $post;
if ($post->post_type == 'staff-member') {
$sm = new JM_Staff_Member($post);
$content = $sm->get_single();
}
return $content;
}
So as you can see, I *must* return a string to the wordpress core
public function the_contact_table(){
?>
<div>
some html here
</div>
<?php
}
Also when I do need the string I use this method? Is there a better way or is this relatively standard?
public function get_single(){
ob_start();?>
<div class='staff-member single'>
<div class='col left'>
<div class='thumbnail'>
thumbnail
</div>
<?php $this->the_contact_table(); ?>
</div>
<div class='col right'>
</div>
</div>
<?php
$content = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $content;
}
**UPDATE**
I should have explained why i am doing this. I'm making a Wordpress plugin and want to control a post types output. So I am using a filter like below
public function filter_single($content){
global $post;
if ($post->post_type == 'staff-member') {
$sm = new JM_Staff_Member($post);
$content = $sm->get_single();
}
return $content;
}
So as you can see, I *must* return a string to the wordpress core