Insert html into PHP return - php

Question

My PHP is failing me. I'm trying to put a div around an element in a function. Here is the original code:
if ($withCurrency) {
$currency = (isset($GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency)) ? $GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency : '';
return $currency . ' ' . $lowestPrice;
}
I want to put a div around the $currency.
I've tried changing this line:
return $currency . ' ' . $lowestPrice;
to this:
return "<div>" . $currency . "</div> " . $lowestPrice;
However that actually outputs the div tags as text on the page. Can someone tell me how to add the divs so they render as html?
UPDATE:
Here is the entire function:
function getTourPrice($tourId, $withCurrency = true) {
$lowestPrice = false;
$offers = getTourOffers($tourId);
// first get price from special offers
foreach ($offers as $offer) {
if ((isset($offer->options['special'])) && ((!$lowestPrice) || floatval($offer->options['price']) < $lowestPrice)) {
$lowestPrice = floatval($offer->options['price']);
}
}
// if special price isn't available then get price from normal offers
if (!$lowestPrice) {
foreach ($offers as $offer) {
if ((!$lowestPrice) || (floatval($offer->options['price']) < $lowestPrice)) {
$lowestPrice = floatval($offer->options['price']);
}
}
}
if (!$lowestPrice) return false;
if ($withCurrency) {
$currency = (isset($GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency)) ? $GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency : '';
return $currency . ' ' . $lowestPrice;
} else {
return $lowestPrice;
}
}
The result of that function is called with the following code:
{var $lp = getTourPrice($post->id)}
{if $lp}<div class="item-price"><span><span><span class="from">From</span>{$lp}</span></span></div>{/if}
If I use echo instead of return like this:
echo "<div>" . $currency . "</div> " . $lowestPrice;
I lose all the html above. I.E. What was the following:
<div class="item-price"><span><span><span class="from">From</span>{$lp}</span></span></div>
Becomes this:
<div>R</div> 56200
(where R is $currency and 56200 is $lowestPrice)
Hope that's not painfully convoluted.

Answer 1

This will have something to do with what you are doing with the return
I imagine if you did this:
if ($withCurrency) {
$currency =
(isset($GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency)) ?
$GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency :
'';
echo "<div>" . $currency . "</div> ";
}
It would work.
Is your code the end of a function?

Answer 2

Try using the :
{$lp|escape:false}

Answer 3

I would simply place the div in the $currency variable, so it will be added upon return. I would change this line of code:
$currency = (isset($GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency)) ? $GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency : '';
to this:
$currency = (isset($GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency)) ? '<div>'.$GLOBALS['aitThemeOptions']->directory->currency.'</div>' : '';
or another method:
$currency = '<div>'.$currency.'</div>';
This way you are defining the html in the variable and not in the return. This is not tested, but it is the way I tend to code. :) Hope it helps!
Also one more thing, it is a bit of controversy among programmers, but I also recommend using single quotes when defining html in php.