How can I create a function out my php select? [duplicate] - php

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How can I create a function out of my php select? Here is the code:
<?
$sql = "SELECT value FROM configuration WHERE name = 'website_name'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
?>
<?=$row['value'];?>
Basically I want to turn it into a function and call it as a variable so something like this. Here is the code:
<?
function ItsaFunction() {
//code goes here
}
?>
I want to output the code as a variable. Here is the code:
<?=$ItsaFunction?>
How can I convert my select to a function and call it as a variable?

Answer 1

So you want...
<?php
function ItsaFunction() {
$sql = "SELECT value FROM configuration WHERE name = 'website_name'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
return $row['value'];
}
?>
And then use
<?=ItsaFunction()?>
?

Answer 2

Try this
function yourfunc($sitename)
{
$sitename = mysql_real_escape_string($sitename);
$sql = "SELECT value FROM configuration WHERE name = '$sitename'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
return $row['value'];
}

Answer 3

This is a simple transformation of your code to a function so you can call it. But you should do a bit more with that code, like check for results, initialize variables, etc ...
function get_website( $website_name = false ) {
if ( $website_name === false ) {
return false;
} else {
$sql = "SELECT value FROM configuration WHERE name = $website_name";
$result = mysql_query( $sql );
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result ); // assuming you have results on row
return $row.
}
}
You will call that function this way
$website_information = get_website( 'name_of_the_website_you_are_looking_for' );
And the you will use $website_information according to what you want and what information is on that variable.