Two times the same 6 lines of code - php

Question

I have two times in my PHP code the same 5 lines of code:
do_something1();
$myvar1 = something1();
do_something_else2();
$myvar2 = something2();
do_something_else3();
$myvar3 = something3();
// another code
// ...
// another code
do_something1();
$myvar1 = something1();
do_something_else2();
$myvar2 = something2();
do_something_else3();
$myvar3 = something3();
Would someone like this be possible to avoid repetition?
#BEGINNING BLAH
do_something1();
$myvar1 = something1();
do_something_else2();
$myvar2 = something2();
do_something_else3();
$myvar3 = something3();
#END BLAH
// another code
// ...
// another code
#INSERT BLAH
Of course, I could define a new function, but then here, I would have to define global variables (should I pre-define the variables before calling the function itself with global?), etc.
That's why I was looking if something shorter than a function existed in such situations, like a PREPROCESSOR copy/paste.

Answer 1

There may be a lot of acceptable solution, but there is one :
// Here is the function doing the repetitive work
function blah(){
do_something1();
$myvar1 = something1();
do_something_else2();;
$myvar2 = something2();
do_something_else3();
$myvar3 = something3();
return array($myvar1,$myvar2,$myvar3);
}
// Now for the usage matching your above case
list($myvar1,$myvar2,$myvar3) = blah();
// another code
// ...
// another code
list($myvar1,$myvar2,$myvar3) = blah();
List can be a really useful php function - http://php.net/manual/en/function.list.php

Answer 2

Something like this? just put your code where $var1 is and change the number in the middle of the for line to the number of iterations you want it to do.
for ($i=1; $i<=2; $i++) {
$var1 = "";
}