echoing or printing html with quotes

[supercain]

hi,

as you know, when you use the echo or print function to output html code, its necessary to escape all the quotes with a \ before any quote so php codes doesnt get messed up. Howeveri have seen some cases where this is not necessary because after the print or echo strings there is a CUT <<< like thing that appears to allow you to include the html code as is, without modifying the quotes. Im not really sure about this so i wanted to ask you if you can tell me more specifically whats that CUT <<< for and if it really can help you deprecate the use of back slashes when you echo html with quotes within.

Thank you.

[NogDog]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...syntax.heredoc

[supercain]

So after the <<< you can put whatever word you can and not precisely CUT? so if i want to print some html code this should work

echo <<<EOT

<img src="img.jpg" width="30px" height="40px"> EOT;


is that correct?

thank you.

[NogDog]

The closing "word" and terminating semi-colon must be on a line by itself with no leading white-space of any kind.

[supercain]

so like this?

<img src="img.jpg" width="30px" height="40px">
EOT;

[supercain]

i just tested this line and it didnt work. I get an error.

echo <<<EOT
<img src="images/total.jpg" width="297" height="21">
EOT;

whats wrong with this line?

[john_de116]

Hi,
$string= <<<EOT

<img src="images/total.jpg" width="297" height="21">

EOT;

echo $string;


It will definetely work. But ensure that semicolon will not occur after <<<EOT. It will give error.

[NogDog]

Works fine for me:

<?php
echo <<<EOT
<img src="images/total.jpg" width="297" height="21">
EOT;

?>

[supercain]

Now it works both ways. Thank you 2!

[supercain]

Sorry, i have another question. What if i want to include a variable within that echoed html? it should work right? its just that im not defining the variable right

<?php
$menu = include("menu.html");
echo <<<EOT
<img src="images/total.jpg" width="297" height="21">
$menu
EOT;
?>

i want the variable to call the include function to insert that html bit, but it does it not in the echoed code, but where im supposed to be defining the variable. Could you tell me please how to define the variable as an include?

thank you.

[NogDog]

Most likely the problem is that include() does not return anything, unless you happen to have a return() statement being executed within the main body of the included file.

[supercain]

But for example, how do you do when you want a variable to return a template bit?

[supercain]

i found it! this does the job $menu = file_get_contents('menu.html'); if you have any alternative for that just let me know

[supercain]

hello? anybody there?