Calling a Function

[phpretard +]

If I put the following into the function.php file then how do I call it from layout.tpl?

function findcar()
{
echo "<div class=\"page_name_auto_complete\" id=\"car_list\"></div>";
echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\">
    new Autocompleter.Local('searchtext', 'car_list',[";
	connect();
    $get = mysql_query("SELECT title FROM class_listings")or die(mysql_error());
    while($r = mysql_fetch_array($get)){
    echo "'$r[title]',";}
    echo "'Try out Advanced Search'],{}";
    echo "); \n</script>";
	free($get);
}

[Lhotch +]

You dont call php functions from the template you reference variables which contain data the functrion created. The function itself is called from the underlying php script and the output of the function is assigned to a template variable.

Your best bet would be to take the php code you want to call directly from a template and create a plugin.

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