Formatting Text within PHP

astralweeks

When I take working php code and add formatting such as font, color, table border etc., I get various parse errors expecting , ; or not expecting > etc. Can I not use standard HTML formatting tags or do they need to be modified in some way ? Example:

echo "<TABLE BORDER=1>
<TR>
<TH> Job ID </TH>
<TH> Date </TH>
<TH> Title </TH>
<TH> Type </TH>
<TH> City </TH>
<TH> State </TH>
</TR>";

I tried with and w/o the \ before the ".

LordShryku

You can, but basic rules apply. If you eclose in double quotes, all internal double quotes need to be escaped with a slash. If you enclose with single quotes, all internal single quotes need to be slashed.

echo "<TABLE BORDER=1>
<TR>
<TH> 
<font color=\"#FF9900\" face=/* No slash here */"Verdana/* No slash here */">Job ID</font> </TH>

astralweeks

Thank you, but I am unable to decipher the code. Could you please rewrite the line as it should be without the comments ?

Much appreciated....

astralweeks

Got it !!! Thanks !