How to create a html table cell using comma separated value in php

Question

I have few comma separated values .I have added it to an array name 'meter_status' .I exploded it I want to add these data to html table row ,in the way in one cell i have to split it and display it

I tried with the following code. But it is not display in td format what can be the issue

$each=explode(',',$meter_status);
$count= count($each);
$status.='<td rowspan="'.$count.'">';

    foreach( $each as $link){
        $status.= $link;
    } 
$status.='</td>'; 
return $status;

Answer 1

Try this :

<?php
  $each=explode(',',$meter_status);
  $count= count($each); ?>
        $status.='<td rowspan="'.$count. '"'
  foreach( $each as $link){
        $status .= <<<TEXT 
            <tr>
                <td>$link</td>
             </tr>
TEXT;
      } 
    return $status;