How do you do that again?

[Anon]

I've done it before but I can't remember how you declare a block of html code within a php block. I know it's something like this but not exactly:

$CODE >>> Print
.
.
html code...
.
.
.
Code;

but obviosly that's wrong. Can anyone help me?

[Anon]

<?
some php here...
?>
some html here
<?
some more php here...
?>

hth,

Jim

[sheilam]

Or:

<?php
echo "<center>This is html</center>";
?>

or even

<?php
print("<center>This is html</center>");
?>

Jim's way is cleaner; using these methods you have to remember to escape all " in the html:

print("<input type =\"text\" name = \"fieldname\">");

but this way allows you to access any variables you have declared without having to leap back into php in the middle of an html block.

Sheila

[jrmckee]

In a for loop or if statement:

<?if($somecondition):?>
HTML code
<?endif;?>

or

<?for($i=0;$i<$num;$i++):?>
HTML code to print
<?endfor;?>

Jon

[Anon]

I believe he means this:

echo <<<EOF
html code here and $variables
EOF;

NOTE: the last line MUST NOT have any tabs or spaces before it, and must be on its own line.