How to assign a javascript function to a tabulator formatter rendered with php?

Question

I am using php to create the tabulator column definition array and I would like to assign a javascript function. This does not work:

array_push($row2['formatter']='function(cell, formatterParams){var pType = cell.getValue();if(pType == "Patient"){cell.getElement().style.background = "yellow";}return pType;}');

I can assign the function to the array after using client side javascript. This works:

tdata[0][1]['formatter']=function(cell, formatterParams){var pType = cell.getValue();if(pType == "Patient"){cell.getElement().style.background = "yellow";}return pType;};

Any help making this work on the server side with php would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I came up with this solution... I'm sure there is a better way to do it!

function returnFunc(value, index, array){
        if (value['formatter']){
            if (value['formatter'].indexOf("function")>-1){
                return value['formatter']=eval("(" + value['formatter'] + ")");
            }
        }
}

tdata[0].map(returnFunc);