Functions - writing and calling

[annasue]

I am new to PHP and I know this is a very simple question; please forgive me.

I want to write a function that will print an entire table in html.

I have:

function writetable() {
?>
"ALL THE HTML TABLE STUFF"
<?php
}

then I try calling the function as:

writetable();

I'm getting an error - am I holding my mouth wrong?

Thanks in advance.

 

[LTeeple]

Hi,
do this instead:
<?php

function writetable() {

"ALL THE HTML TABLE STUFF"

?>
}

writetable();

do you still get an error? what does it say?


Cheers!
Laura