dynamic span class within a php file.

Question

not really a php guy, but have a question. I'm wanting to take the following statement

    $_POST['subject'] =  $_POST['post_prefix'] . '  ' . $_POST['subject'];

I would like the

$_POST['post_prefix']

part to be within a span class so I can add some css styling to it.

So it ends up as something like

<span class="$_POST['post_prefix']">$_POST['post_prefix']</span>

I tried a few methods on here via search, but phpstorm keeps giving me errors all over the place about semicolons. So thought I'd ask the pros to save my sanity.

If there's a better way of doing this, then that would also be helpful.

Cheers.

You also shouldn't set $_POST variables yourself like you are doing with $_POST['subject']. You should let the page do that itself and should be setting to a $_SESSION: http://stackoverflow.com/q/3235265/1744357 — rocket_boomerang_19, Nov 21 '13 at 06:00
Hi Veer, $_POST is used by Simple Machines Forum for numerous reasons. I was editing the Post.php file within this to manipulate how the subject line of a topic is displayed. — user3016121, Nov 21 '13 at 06:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 05:44

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Try this :

<span class="<?php echo $_POST['post_prefix'] ?>"><?php echo $_POST['post_prefix'] ?></span>

answered Nov 21 '13 at 05:44

Mahmood Rehman

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 05:47

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Try this code:

<span class="<?php echo $_POST['post_prefix']; ?>"><?php echo $_POST['post_prefix']; ?></span>

answered Nov 21 '13 at 05:47

Jenz

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praveen · Answer 3 · 2013-11-21T06:14:11.693

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Try this it will work exactly

 $_POST['subject'] =  '<span class='.$_POST['post_prefix'].'>'.$_POST['post_prefix'].'</span>' . '  ' . $_POST['subject'];

edited Nov 21 '13 at 06:14

answered Nov 21 '13 at 05:48

praveen

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '13 at 05:52

Yes, that will give you errors, for sure, actually, $_POST['variable_name'] means something to PHP but not to HTML.

PHP creates a HTML page using its own variable. here $_POST['variable_name'] is a PHP variable so you need to print that variable in HTML

So, use this,

<span class="<?php echo $_POST['post_prefix'] ?>"><?php echo $_POST['post_prefix'] ?></span>

Here you are printing the PHP variable to make a mock HTML

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 05:55

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If it is a PHP file, with no HTML flowing around, try

echo "<span class='".$_POST['post_prefix']."'>".$_POST['post_prefix']."</span>";

answered Nov 21 '13 at 05:55

Deepika Janiyani

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dynamic span class within a php file.

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