html - Encapsulate PHP repeating section/array to a string -

i have repeating section mysql look-up - code (including html) this:

<br>     <?php { ?>     <?php if (substr($row_mdetails['lo'], 0, 1) === '-') {echo str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['lo'], 5));} else {echo '+'.str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['lo'], 5));}; ?> |      <?php if (substr($row_mdetails['la'], 0, 1) === '-') {echo str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['la'], 5));} else {echo '+'.str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['la'], 5));}; ?> | <?php echo $row_mdetails['name']; ?> | 0 |<br>       <?php } while ($row_mdetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($mdetails)); ?> 

how output of string (for example, $mydatastring = *the output above*)

whenever try this, error:

parse error: syntax error, unexpected t_encapsed_and_whitespace, expecting t_string or t_variable or t_num_string 

(edited include surrounding html)

you need remove php start of second line. code runs fine. advocate making code more readable:

<?php {     if (substr($row_mdetails['lo'], 0, 1) === '-') {         echo str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['lo'], 5));     } else {         echo '+' . str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['lo'], 5));     } ?> | <?php     if (substr($row_mdetails['la'], 0, 1) === '-') {         echo str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['la'], 5));     } else {         echo '+' . str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['la'], 5));     } ?> | <?php     echo $row_mdetails['name']; ?> | 0 |<br> <?php } while ($row_mdetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($mdetails)); ?>  

i removed unnecessary ; after elses.

it's question of personal preference replace your

?> | <?php 

with

echo " | "; 

to avoid opening , closing tags.

edit

if want build string in loop, this:

do {     if (substr($row_mdetails['lo'], 0, 1) === '-') {         $str .= str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['lo'], 5));     } else {         $str .= '+' . str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['lo'], 5));     }     $str .= " | ";      if (substr($row_mdetails['la'], 0, 1) === '-') {         $str .= str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['la'], 5));     } else {         $str .= '+' . str_replace('.', '', number_format($row_mdetails['la'], 5));     }     $str .= " | " . $row_mdetails['name'] . " | 0 |<br> "; } while ($row_mdetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($mdetails));