Is there any way to return HTML in a PHP function? (without building the return value as a string)

Question

I have a PHP function that I\'m using to output a standard block of HTML. It currently looks like this:

Answer 1

This may be a sketchy solution, and I'd appreciate anybody pointing out whether this is a bad idea, since it's not a standard use of functions. I've had some success getting HTML out of a PHP function without building the return value as a string with the following:

function noStrings() {
    echo ''?>
        
[Whatever HTML you want]
    

The just 'call' the function:

noStrings();

And it will output:

[Whatever HTML you want]

Using this method, you can also define PHP variables within the function and echo them out inside the HTML.