Anything wrong with this code, it works great, but I don't understand the forth line. Why is closing bracket all by itself? I am a fairly new to PHP and always Google for answers, but I cant figure this one out. Hopefully, I can help others someday. Thanks
<div class="errorbox">
<?php if(isset($error2)){?>
<strong class="error"><?php echo $error2;?></strong>
<?php } ?>
</div>
Nothing is wrong with it. You can break in and out of PHP, and that is what this code is doing. Sometimes it's easier to break out of a PHP block to write some HTML, then go back into PHP
It's ending the if statement created on line 2, but line 3 is outputting HTML so php is ended, only to begin on the next line to finish the open statement.
Write it like this you suddenly know:
<div class="errorbox">
<?php
if(isset($error2)) {
echo '<strong class="error">' . $error2 . '</strong>';
}
?>
</div>
Or like so:
<div class="errorbox">
<?php
if(isset($error2)) {
?>
<strong class="error"><?php echo $error2;?></strong>
<?php
}
?>
</div>
This is normal PHP templating. It is ouputting HTML. First bracket is opening, second bracket is closing
There are several ways of doing it:
The best way is as descibed in the question:
<div class="errorbox">
<?php if(isset($error2)){?>
<strong class="error"><?php echo $error2;?></strong>
<?php } ?>
</div>
Another way is by echoing:
echo "<div class="errorbox">";
<?php
if(isset($error2)){
echo "<strong class="error">". $error ."</strong>";
}
?>
echo "</div>";
