echo or ?><?php

**ZeldorBlat** · Jun 14 '07, 12:05 AM

Re: echo or ?><?php

On Jun 13, 7:23 pm, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@ Hotmail.comwrot e:

I have to output a lot of html stuff mixed with php and I'm curious if its
better to echo the html code or stop the php parser temporarily to got into
"html mode"? Is there any drawbacks to either method?
>
e.g.,
>
echo "<div class=\"somecla ss\">"
>
or
>
?><div class="someclas s"><?php
>
(realize that this is just a simple example and is not meant to represent
the actual code I will be writing)
>
Thanks,
Jon

In practice it won't really make any noticable difference. Do
whatever makes the code more readable and easier to maintain.

**SrSilveira** · Jun 14 '07, 01:05 AM

Re: echo or ?><?php

On Jun 13, 8:23 pm, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@ Hotmail.comwrot e:

I have to output a lot of html stuff mixed with php and I'm curious if its
better to echo the html code or stop the php parser temporarily to got into
"html mode"? Is there any drawbacks to either method?
>
e.g.,
>
echo "<div class=\"somecla ss\">"
>
or
>
?><div class="someclas s"><?php
>
(realize that this is just a simple example and is not meant to represent
the actual code I will be writing)
>
Thanks,
Jon

i think it's better to stop the parser and write the html...
....?>
<div class="someclas s">
<?=$MyString? >
</div>
<?...

it's easy to see the html and the php code...

**Michael Fesser** · Jun 14 '07, 01:05 AM

Re: echo or ?><?php

..oO(SrSilveira )

>i think it's better to stop the parser and write the html...
>...?>
><div class="someclas s">
<?=$MyString? >
></div>
><?...

Are you sure short_open_tag will be enabled on all of your servers?

Micha

**Norman Peelman** · Jun 14 '07, 04:45 AM

Re: echo or ?><?php

Jon Slaughter wrote:

I have to output a lot of html stuff mixed with php and I'm curious if its
better to echo the html code or stop the php parser temporarily to got into
"html mode"? Is there any drawbacks to either method?
>
e.g.,
>
echo "<div class=\"somecla ss\">"
>
or
>
?><div class="someclas s"><?php
>
(realize that this is just a simple example and is not meant to represent
the actual code I will be writing)
>
Thanks,
Jon
>
>

Well, a couple things...

1) echo "<div class='someclas s'>" is perfectly acceptable afaik as well
as the reverse

2) the HEREDOC format also works well, examples:

$str = <<<EOT
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>$pagetit le</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
...
</BODY>
</HEAD>
EOT;

or

echo works too, and variables will be resolved following the same rules
as double quoted strings.

As to what is better??? Me personally, I don't use escape characters
or do alot of string concatination at all if I can get away with it...
too hard on the eyes. I would imagine jumping in and out of the parser
to be equally hard on the eyes depending on how much you have to do it.
Again, personally, I use a template system (not Smarty) for that type of
output. Code the way things are comfortable for you but remember,
outside the parser no variables can be used.

Norm

**Jerry Stuckle** · Jun 14 '07, 12:15 PM

Re: echo or ?><?php

Jon Slaughter wrote:

I have to output a lot of html stuff mixed with php and I'm curious if its
better to echo the html code or stop the php parser temporarily to got into
"html mode"? Is there any drawbacks to either method?
>
e.g.,
>
echo "<div class=\"somecla ss\">"
>
or
>
?><div class="someclas s"><?php
>
(realize that this is just a simple example and is not meant to represent
the actual code I will be writing)
>
Thanks,
Jon
>
>

Jon,

To me, it all depends. If it's something short, I'll generally just
echo it. If it's longer, I'll get out of PHP mode.

As ZedorBlat indicated, you won't notice any real performance impact one
way or the other. To me, it's all about readability.

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**SrSilveira** · Jun 14 '07, 12:45 PM

Re: echo or ?><?php

On Jun 13, 10:01 pm, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:

.oO(SrSilveira)
>

i think it's better to stop the parser and write the html...
...?>
<div class="someclas s">
<?=$MyString? >
</div>
<?...

>
Are you sure short_open_tag will be enabled on all of your servers?
>
Micha

of course i'm sure. if it's not enabled you can just do like that
<?php=$Mystring ?>
</div>
<?php...

**Michael Fesser** · Jun 14 '07, 03:45 PM

Re: echo or ?><?php

..oO(SrSilveira )

>On Jun 13, 10:01 pm, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de wrote:
>

>Are you sure short_open_tag will be enabled on all of your servers?

>
>of course i'm sure. if it's not enabled you can just do like that
><?php=$Mystrin g?>

Still wrong. If you want reliable and portable code, then it has to be

<?php echo $MyString?>

short_open_tag is entirely optional. You should only use it if you are
_always_ in control of the servers your scripts are supposed to run on
or at least be able to change their configuration. It's still bad style
and not recommended.

Micha

**Vladimir Ghetau** · Jun 14 '07, 05:55 PM

Re: echo or ?><?php

echo "<div class=\"somecla ss\">"

>
or
>
?><div class="someclas s"><?php

I would go for

echo '<div class="someclas s">

<p>'. $some_variable_ here .'</p>

</div>';

but also, I like the idea of separating the code from the HTML by
using templates or simply

<div class="someclas s">

<p><?php echo $some_variable_ here; ?></p>

</div>

Both look easy and simply to ....read.

Cheers

Vladimir

**Jeff North** · Jun 15 '07, 09:35 AM

Re: echo or ?><?php

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:23:42 -0500, in comp.lang.php "Jon Slaughter"
<Jon_Slaughter@ Hotmail.com>
<V%_bi.18963$C9 6.11122@newssvr 23.news.prodigy .netwrote:

>| I have to output a lot of html stuff mixed with php and I'm curious if its
>| better to echo the html code or stop the php parser temporarily to got into
>| "html mode"? Is there any drawbacks to either method?
>|
>| e.g.,
>|
>| echo "<div class=\"somecla ss\">"
>|
>| or
>|
>| ?><div class="someclas s"><?php
>|
>| (realize that this is just a simple example and is not meant to represent
>| the actual code I will be writing)

I think it would depend upon how you have your file structured.

I place most of the php processing at the top of the file an
intermingle the necessary php code within the html section.

php block
html
styles block
javascript block
body
<p class="<?php echo $x;?>">some text</p>
<select name="lbOptions ">
<?php for($x=0; $x<count($recor ds); $x++)
echo "<option value='" . $records[$i]->ID . "'>" .
$records[$i]->info . "</option>";
?>
</select>
</body>
</html>

But then again, when I'm using AJAX calls I usually have the html
embedded within the php code.

Also, using a text editor with syntax highlighting is a must.
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