$variables and text with html tags

[cldeans]

This line is giving me parse errors, but I'm getting all confused with the syntax.

echo '<b>Client Details for ' . $client_name</b>"<br />\n";

Where have I stuffed up? And can you explain to me why it is done the way you tell me, please.

Thanks in advance.

Cate

[Anon]

You're bumping two strings together without an operator, which is bad code.

Illegal:
echo 'Client Details for ' . $client_name"<br />\n";

Legal:
echo 'Client Details for ' . $client_name . "<br />\n";

Also legal:
echo "Client Details for $client_name<br />\n";

PHP will expand variable references embedded in double-quoted strings.

[Anon]

You can also do some funky stuff like

?>Client Details for <?=$client_name?><br>
<?
//continue script

[cldeans]

Thanks peoples ... I get it now.

[Anon]

The forum list was garbling the line, also.

Another reason your code wasn't working was that your closing bold tag was outside the string.

echo "<b>Client Details for $client_name</b><br />\n";

...might as well use variable interpolation while we're at it :-)

[cldeans]

Hey Hayley,

Looks like you're in NZ, huh? You dont have a profile up, I wonder if you would email me?
[e-mail]

I have a couple of questions for you.

Hope to hear from you.

Cate