创建html表php

Question

Hi guys I'm quite new in php. I want to create a string of html table to later use it mpdf but in the course of constructing my table the code seems ok but no html table with data generated just the header.

Below is my code:

 $html ='<div class="row">
                <div class="col-lg-12">
                 <table  width="100%" class="table table-striped table bordered">
                    <thead>
                    <tr>
                    <th class="text-left">Code</th>
                    <th class="text-left">Phone Number</th>
                    <th class="text-left">Delivery Date</th>
                    <th class="text-left">Amount HT</th>
                    <th class="text-left">Amount TVA</th>
                    <th class="text-left">Amount TTC</th>
                    <th class="text-left">Payment Mode</th>
                </tr>
                </thead >
                <tbody>';
                    foreach($estimateArray as $item):
                        if(($startDate <= date_create($item->created) && date_create($item->created) <= $endDate)){
                            $html .=  ' <tr>
                            <td class="text-left">'; echo $item->customer_name;'</td>
                            <td class="text-left">'; echo $item->document_number;'</td>
                            <td class="text-left">'; echo $item->delivery_date;'</td>
                            <td class="text-left">'; echo $item->amount_ht;'</td>
                            <td class="text-left">'; echo $item->amount_tva;'</td>
                            <td class="text-left">'; echo $item->amount_ttc;'</td>
                            <td class="text-left">'; echo $item->payment_mode;'</td>
                        </tr>';

                        } endforeach;
                        $html .= '
                                    </tbody>
                                </table>
                            </div>
                     </div>
        ';

Please I need help.

Answer 1

You are using echo instead of appending property value to $html variable.

Try something like:

<td class="text-left">' . $item->customer_name . '</td>

Edit: It's much more clearer using variables in string this way:

$output = "<td class=\"text-left\">{$item->customer_name}</td>";