can't generate <div> elements with php

allmanm

Hi I am trying to take a series of short strings, $mystrings and position them at
random positions on a html page with the ability to overlap. The strings
feed from a mysql database so I would rather do this server side with php than on
the client with javascript. My effort below fails on the print line. Grateful if anyone can guide me here.

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css"></style>
<?php
$myarray = array("aa","bb","cc","dd","ee");

foreach($myarray as $val)
{

print"<div align="center"><h1><? print $val ?></h1></div>";

}

Sayian

last time i checked the php manual it was print() and not print

subwayman

Your problem is the use of double quotes for both the print string delimiters and for the text wihtin it. PHP will get confused about where strings start and end.

You can escape the double quotes for the tag attributes, if you want to keep the current statement form or try the following (a form I tend to favour as it is less confusing and easier to parse for errors manually):

print '<div align="center"><h1>'.$val.'</h1></div>';

richie

You can simply get rid of the quotes headache by using heredocs:

foreach($myarray as $val)
{

$output .=<<<endOutput
<div align="center"><h1>$val</h1></div>

}

print $output;