writing java in php

Jon7800

Hello,

Could someone please help me with making php write the following code:

This needs to be placed within the <? ?> tags of a page and I'm having trouble writing it so that the quotes and semi colons don't break the php parsing. Help is greatly appreciated!

jerdo

You could just echo out the lines you posted, to keep the quotes from being parsed by PHP just put a backslash in front of each one.

_Demonoid_

You can actually drop out of PHP mode at any point in your script, even during if statements, loops, functions, etc. So, just use the ?> tag before your HTML/JavaScript code, then <? after it.

If this isn't what you wanted, then could you post a bit more of the code, please? (ie. some of the surrounding PHP code)

Jon7800

Here is some of the surrounding code: This basically is one page with non-stop php code. (about 1400 lines):

echo "</td><td><input type=text name=s size=25 maxlength=30 value=\"" . htmlspecialchars($n) . "\" style=\"" . $Prefs["formStyle"] . "\"></td><td>";

	ipad(4,1);

	echo "</td><td>";

	imagetag("g","f","");

	echo "</td></tr></form></table></td></tr></table>";

	bars($Prefs["bodyFgDiv"]);

	echo "<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 width=\"" . $Prefs["siteWidth"] . "\" bgcolor=\"" . $Prefs["bodyFgColor"] . "\"><tr><td align=right><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><form action=\"form.dll\" method=post target=info><input type=hidden name=P value=info><tr><td align=right><font face=\"helvetica,arial\" size=\"1\"";

<< I WANT THE JAVASCRIPT TO GO RIGHT HERE >>

	if ($Prefs["disableHTMLheaders"]) {echo " color=" . $Prefs["bodyTextColor"];}





	echo ">" . "Get information at" . " info.com</font></td><td>";

	ipad(4,1);

	echo "</td><td><select name=opt1 style=\"" . $Prefs["formStyle"] . "\"><option value=1>" . text(21) . "<option value=2";

	if ($a) {echo " selected";}

	echo ">" . text(22) . "<option value=3>" . text(23) . "<option value=5>" . text(24) . "<option value=4>" . text(25) . "</select></td><td>";

	ipad(4,1);

	echo "</td><td><input type=textfield name=sql size=25 maxlength=30 value=\"" . htmlspecialchars($n) . "\" style=\"" . $Prefs["formStyle"] . "\"></td><td>";

	ipad(4,1);

	echo "</td><td>";

	imagetag("g","f","");

	echo "</td></tr></form></table></td></tr></table>";

	colorbars($Prefs["bodyFgDiv"]);




}

}

_Demonoid_

Ok, here's what you need...

echo "</td><td><input type=text name=s size=25 maxlength=30 value=\"" . htmlspecialchars($n) . "\" style=\"" . $Prefs["formStyle"] . "\"></td><td>";

ipad(4,1);

echo "</td><td>";

imagetag("g","f","");

echo "</td></tr></form></table></td></tr></table>";

bars($Prefs["bodyFgDiv"]);

*/





echo "<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 width=\"" . $Prefs["siteWidth"] . "\" bgcolor=\"" . $Prefs["bodyFgColor"] . "\"><tr><td align=right><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><form action=\"form.dll\" method=post target=info><input type=hidden name=P value=info><tr><td align=right><font face=\"helvetica,arial\" size=\"1\"";



?>
<a href="javascript:launchURL('/help/popup.php?page=Stream', 'stream', 250, 265)"
onMouseOut="window.status='';return true" onMouseOver="window.status='Help with
Streaming Music';return true"><img src="/images/help.gif" border="0"></a>
<?


if ($Prefs["disableHTMLheaders"]) {echo " color=" . $Prefs["bodyTextColor"];}





echo ">" . "Get information at" . " info.com</font></td><td>";

ipad(4,1);

echo "</td><td><select name=opt1 style=\"" . $Prefs["formStyle"] . "\"><option value=1>" . text(21) . "<option value=2";

if ($a) {echo " selected";}

echo ">" . text(22) . "<option value=3>" . text(23) . "<option value=5>" . text(24) . "<option value=4>" . text(25) . "</select></td><td>";

ipad(4,1);

echo "</td><td><input type=textfield name=sql size=25 maxlength=30 value=\"" . htmlspecialchars($n) . "\" style=\"" . $Prefs["formStyle"] . "\"></td><td>";

ipad(4,1);

echo "</td><td>";

imagetag("g","f","");

echo "</td></tr></form></table></td></tr></table>";

colorbars($Prefs["bodyFgDiv"]);




}
}

...note that I have dropped out of php mode just to echo that tag, and then gone back in again. You could actually do that with all the HTML that you're echoing there.

[Edit: For some reason, the forum put a space between java and script in the code, and it won't let me remove it. You'll have to do this yourself when you paste the code.]

mtmosier

With all due respect Demonoid, I don't think breaking out of php is necessarily appropriate in this case. While it is a vital skill to posses in working with php, this file appears to already have a strong style associated with it (all php, html echo'd). While I strongly dislike that style, I wouldn't break with it unless I was willing to rewrite the entire file at a minimum. Consistency is good. Helps maintain readability and comprehension.

I'd suggest going with jerdo's suggestion, and echo it out while escaping the quotes. You can read about it here. As an added bonus, the next section is about Heredoc, which is quite interesting if still not entirely appropriate in this case.

planetsim

Id just like to add Javascript isnt Java so your title is quite misleading.

_Demonoid_

In response to mtmosier's post:

I'm aware of that, and I'm simply suggesting a way of echoing text that the thread-starter didn't seem to previously know about. While this, as you say, is inconsistent with what has already been written, it would be a good way to write any future scripts.

I am NOT suggesting that this is the only correct way to echo text. I just think that it saves a lot of time, and stops you having to go back and fix errors caused by quotation marks that haven't been escaped. I had suggested at the end of my post that dropping out of PHP-mode could be done for all the HTML (although for a script of that length, it could be a problem)

Once again, it was only a suggestion. There's no need to jump to the conclusion that I was trying to convince anyone that dropping out of PHP-mode is somehow better that using echo statements.