How to assign foreach loop to a variable?

Question

I have this following code.

$sn_count = 1;
  foreach($points as $point){
    echo "<div class=\"points\">";
    echo "<div class=\"serial\">".$sn_count."</div>";
    echo "<div class=\"pointsdesc\">";
    echo $point['points_description'];
    echo "</div></div>";
    $sn_count++;
  }

Is it possible to assign the above code to a variable $pointsvar

Everytime i use $pointsvar the above code should be printed. Please help. Thanks

Answer 1

Functions is your solution.

function printPointVars($points)
{
    $sn_count = 1;
    $html = '';
    foreach($points as $point){
        $html .= "<div class=\"points\">"
            . "<div class=\"serial\">".$sn_count."</div>"
            . "<div class=\"pointsdesc\">"
            . $point['points_description']
            . "</div></div>";
        $sn_count++;
    }
    echo $html;
}

printPointVars($points);