embedding <? characters within echo()

[Anon]

I want to use echo() to write quite a large section of text that includes another php script. Like this:

for ($x=1; $x<=$numTimes; $x++)
{
echo "<tr><td><?php if ($selected1) { ?> <td colspan=\"3\"><b><font size=\"5\">Accommodation Amenities - Hotel</font></b></td></tr></tr><?php }?>";

}
?>

I can't do this with the include() because there are multiple conditions withing the if/elseif series. Is there a character like the \ that will allow me to use the <?...?> tags within the echo()?

Thanks heaps 🙂

[hawleyj]

I don't believe you can (and I may be wrong), but try this instead...

for ($x=1; $x<=$numTimes; $x++)
{
echo "<tr><td>";

if ($selected1) {

echo "<td colspan=\"3\">Accommodation Amenities - Hotel</td></td></tr>";

}

}

or whatever it is you want in the conditional statement.

HTH,

Jim

[Anon]

Thank you Jim! your solution works great. Much appreciated 🙂 phreq