How do I write inside an echo?

Question

I'm using CodeIgniter to insert an image into an empty div tag and I'm having some trouble putting php code within a an echo. I've been trying to figure it out but I just can't seem to get my head around why it's not working.

<?php
     echo ('<div class="badge"><img src="<?php echo base_url("images/profiles/badge100.png"); ?>" title="100% on a quiz!" alt="100% on a quiz!"/></div>');
?>

I thought using "..." inside of '...' was the right thing to do. But obviously not. The following is what it's coming out as on the actual HTML page.

 <div class="badge">
          <img src="?&gt;&lt;?php echo base_url(" images="" profiles="" badge100.png");="" ?=""><!--?php " title="100% on a quiz!" alt="100% on a quiz!"/-->
 </div>

I appreciate your help!

Lewis.

.. What's preventing you from simply concat'ing the string? `echo "string" . base_url($url) . "more strings";` — Daedalus, Jan 06 '14 at 00:49
You don't nest `` inside PHP code. Concatenate the string. `echo ' — Michael Berkowski, Jan 06 '14 at 00:50
[The PHP manual on strings....](http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php) — Michael Berkowski, Jan 06 '14 at 00:51
@MichaelBerkowski + Daedalus, Just remove the php I tried to put in? — EHU-Lewis, Jan 06 '14 at 00:52
@MichaelBerkowski Okay i've done it like you said worked. Thanks. — EHU-Lewis, Jan 06 '14 at 01:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 06 '14 at 00:50

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Why do you want to use echo() inside echo()? You can simply use (variable) in place substitution .

<?php
     $base = base_url("images/profiles/badge100.png");

     echo ('<div class="badge"><img src="{$base}" title="100% on a quiz!" alt="100% on a quiz!"/></div>');
?>

answered Jan 06 '14 at 00:50

Fawzan

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This would not work. Variables inside of single-quoted strings do not evaluate. I wonder who voted this up. – Daedalus Jan 06 '14 at 00:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '14 at 00:52

You just have to break the echo string, additionally I wouldn't use echo with (). Add values with the dot, use single quotes, so you can use double quotes in html.

$a = "apples";
$b = "bananas";
echo '<p class="exampleClass">Hmmm I like '.$b.' and '. $a.' too,</p>';

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 06 '14 at 01:02

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You would use php operator "." simple example is right here

<?php 
    echo '<div class="badge"><img src="'. base_url("images/profiles/badge100.png") . '/></div>';
?>

answered Jan 06 '14 at 01:02

Filip Lukáč

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 06 '14 at 05:58

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Do this:

<?php
 echo ('<div class="badge"><img src="'.base_url("images/profiles/badge100.png").'" title="100% on a quiz!" alt="100% on a quiz!"/></div>');
?>

answered Jan 06 '14 at 05:58

user2936213

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How do I write inside an echo?

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