funktioner bugger

Hej

Jeg har et par funktioner der bugger.. eller?

function putInBox($contents) {
  print("<table width=\"490\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td>\n");
  print("<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td width=\"60\">\n");
  print("<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n");
  print("<tr>");
  print("<td background=\"images/news_topminibox.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"7\"></td>");
  print("<td background=\"images/news_topminibox.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"7\"></td>");
  print("<td background=\"images/news_topminibox.gif\" width=\"20\" height=\"7\"></td>");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("</table>\n");
  print("</td>\n");
  print("<td background=\"images/news_topbigbox.gif\" height=\"7\">\n");
  print("<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td width=\"*\"><img src=\"images/main_box_top_bg.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"7\"></td>");
  print("<td width=\"50\"><img src=\"images/news_topdots.gif\" width=\"50\" height=\"7\"></td>");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("</table>\n");
  print("</td>\n");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("</table>\n");
  print("</td>\n");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td height=\"5\"></td>\n");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td>\n");
  print("<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td class=\"fulltable\">\n");
  print("<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td bgcolor=\"#1F2430\" valign=\"top\">\n");
  print($contents);
  print("</td>\n");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("</table>\n");
  print("</td>\n");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("</table>\n");
  print("</td>\n");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td height=\"7\">\n");
  print("<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n");
  print("<tr>\n");
  print("<td width=\"7\"><img src=\"images/news_bottomcurve.gif\" width=\"7\" height=\"7\"></td>");
  print("<td background=\"images/news_bottombar.gif\" width=\"*\" class=\"right\"><img src=\"images/news_bottom_spare.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"></td>");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("</table>\n");
  print("</td>\n");
  print("</tr>\n");
  print("</table>\n");
  print("<br>\n");
}

Denne funktion udskriver en "box" som jeg bruger til at have indhold i.

Den kaldes fx på en side via:

$contents = "noget indhold her osv";

putInBox($contents);

Dette virker fint nok..

Jeg prøver så at kalde en anden funktion:

function test() {
  for ($l = 0; $l < 10; $l++) {
    $contents = $l;
    #første loop
    return $contents;
  }
  #sidste loop
}

Blot en test funktion til at prøve putInBox(test());

Men! Når jeg kalder test() i putInBox(), så bliver det kun skrevet 1 gang. Hvis return $contents står under #første loop, så skriver den 0 ud, men står den under #sidste loop, skriver den 9 ud.

Det jeg vil have den til er at skrive 0-1-2-..-9 ud.

Hvad gør jeg forkert?