PowerShell New-Object and HTML Output Issue - html

Question

I am trying to create statistics for a server using PowerShell. and also learning PowerShell.
This is the code I have
Function Get-PingHost
{
[cmdletbinding()]
Param([string]$Hostname = "ServerName")
"The HostName is " + $Hostname
$status=get-wmiobject win32_pingstatus -Filter "Address='$Hostname'" | Select-Object statuscode
"The Status Code is " + $status.statuscode
if($status.statuscode -eq 0)
{
$HostNameStatusInfo = $Hostname + " is REACHABLE"
}
else
{
$HostNameStatusInfo = $Hostname + " is NOT REACHABLE"
}
New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $HostNameStatusInfo
**<COMMENT>** If I remove the above New-Object code is still get an incorrect output as mentioned below in the **HTML OutPut**
}
$fragments = #()
$fragments+=$top
$fragments+="<a href='javascript:toggleAll();' title='Click to toggle all sections'>Expand All/Collapse All</a>"
$Text = "SQL Server Ping Status"
$div = $Text.Replace(" ","_")
$fragments+= "<a href='javascript:toggleDiv(""$div"");' title='click to collapse or expand this section'><h2>$Text</h2></a><div id=""$div"">"
$fragments+= Get-PingHost -Hostname $Hostname | ConvertTo-Html -Fragment -As List
$fragments+="</div>"
$fragments+= $html.InnerXml
$fragments+="</div>"
$fragments+= "<p class='footer'>$(get-date)</p>"
The Output I get in HTML is:
SQL Server Ping Status
*: 31
*: 20
Error Message
ew-Object : Cannot bind parameter 'Property'. Cannot convert the "ServerName is REACHABLE" value of type "System.String" to type "System.Collections.IDictionary".
At line:38 char:45
+ New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $HostNameStatusInfo
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-Object], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

Answer 1

Apologies... The issue has been resolved...
The code is as below: -
#GET OPERATING SYSTEM INFORMATION
Function Get-PingHost
{
[cmdletbinding()]
Param([string]$Hostname = "ServerName")
$status=get-wmiobject win32_pingstatus -Filter "Address='$Hostname'" | Select-Object statuscode
#"The Status Code is " + $status.statuscode
if($status.statuscode -eq 0)
{
$Hostname + " is <b>REACHABLE</b>"
}
else
{
$Hostname + " is <b>NOT REACHABLE</b>"
#Basically You Don't Need to assign this to the String Variable and
#then display the string variable...
}
}
#endregion
$fragments = #()
$top = ""
$fragments+=$top
$fragments+="<a href='javascript:toggleAll();' title='Click to toggle all sections'>Expand All/Collapse All</a>"
$Text = "SQL Server Ping Status"
$div = $Text.Replace(" ","_")
$fragments+= "<a href='javascript:toggleDiv(""$div"");' title='click to collapse or expand this section'><h2>$Text</h2></a><div id=""$div"">"
$fragments+= Get-PingHost -Hostname $Hostname
$fragments+="</div>"
$fragments+= $html.InnerXml
$fragments+="</div>"
$fragments+= "<p class='footer'>$(get-date)</p>"