Output html inside of PHP makes life easier!

16 Dec 2010, 6:37 PM#1

As you probably know, you can output PHP inside of html like so.

<html>

<title> Html and php! </title>

<body>

<?php

$Blah = true ? "blah is true" : "blah is false" ;

?>

</body>

<?php

include ("footer.php");

?>

</html>

But what about big scripts where you'll have to continuously open PHP in different areas? This could make a mess, so lets echo out HTML INSIDE of php!
<?php

echo' <html>

<title> Html and php! </title>

<body>';



$Blah = true ? "blah is true" : "blah is false" ;



include ("footer.php");

echo'</body></html>';



?>

May not look like a huge difference here, but trust me, in the long run, it will make a big difference!

16 Dec 2010, 9:10 PM#2

I thought this is how you're supposed to do it...

16 Dec 2010, 10:35 PM#3

TEMPTii wrote:
I thought this is how you're supposed to do it...

a lot of beginners don't do it this way because most books teach html outputting php first.

17 Dec 2010, 12:16 AM#4

BTW this code is not working.

original:

<?php



echo' <html>

<title> Html and php! </title>

<body>';



$Blah = true ? "blah is true" : "blah is false" ;



echo'</body>';

include ("footer.php");

</html>



?>

fixed:

<?php



echo' <html>

<title> Html and php! </title>

<body>';



$Blah = true ? "blah is true" : "blah is false" ;



include ("footer.php");

echo'</body></html>';



?>

Also, nothing is ever done with the variable Blah. Its just set, never used or echoed.

17 Dec 2010, 1:30 AM#5

Good catch I didn't see I missed the last tag.