PHP Print and Echo HTML

Question

very simple question. Lol i am embarassed to ask this cause i am usually very good with php but what are the ways to display html inside of php? for example:


<? if($flag): ?>
  <div>This will show is $flag is true </div>
<? endif; ?>

OR


<?
  if($flag)
    echo '<div>This will show is $flag is true </div>';
?>

I know that there are at least 2 other ways i just cannot remember them atm... Help is def. appreciated in advance!! =D

You should use single quotes (`'`) with echo. Double quotes (`"`) are interpreted differently and PHP is going to replace `$flag` with `$flag`s value. Use single quotes if you want the same behaviour as in your first example. — jwueller, Oct 27 '10 at 12:22
[Everything you ever wanted to know about strings but were afraid to ask](http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php "PHP Manual on Strings") — Gordon, Oct 27 '10 at 12:26

Paul Dixon · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-27T12:26:47.990

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Here's how a heredoc could be used:

if($flag)
{
    echo <<<HTML
        <div>This will show if \$flag is true </div>
HTML;

}

If you don't want variable interpolation, you have to escape possible varnames as I have above. Alternatively, you can use a nowdoc with PHP 5.3 onwards:

if($flag)
{
    echo <<<'HTML'
        <div>This will show if $flag is true </div>
HTML;

}

edited Oct 27 '10 at 12:26

answered Oct 27 '10 at 12:21

Paul Dixon

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '10 at 12:19

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You can also use a heredoc.

answered Oct 27 '10 at 12:19

fire

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 27 '10 at 13:28

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PHP also has a nowdoc syntax that works like heredoc, but similar to single quoted strings, these doc blocks do not get parsed.

answered Oct 27 '10 at 13:28

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PHP Print and Echo HTML

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