Hi! I wanted to know, is there any way to insert an HTML page into PHP without using the include function? I do not want to use an external html file, I want to write the html coding directly into the php coding.
Thanks for your help!
+3
A:
Interleave it:
<?php
// Some php code.
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Header</h1>
<?php /* More php code. */ ?>
<p>Blah!</a>
</body>
</html>
<?php /* Even more php. */ ?>
From a best practices point of view, though, avoid doing this - having business logic (PHP) and presentation (HTML) in the same place makes maintaining harder.
EDIT: To address your comment. You can either do it the same way, or use echo:
<?php if (x == 5) { ?>
<p>Blah!</a>
<?php } else {
echo '<p>Bleh</p>';
} ?>
Max Shawabkeh
2010-01-24 11:00:34
I need it to be included in the php coding though. In an if statement. I need it to be more like <?PHP if(var=true){<html> <title>YAY</title></html>}
Sean Booth
2010-01-24 11:03:43
Using Max's example you can easily achieve what you are further asking for in your comment....
drlouie - louierd
2010-01-24 11:05:11
@Sean Booth: The *alternative syntax for control statements* is much easier to read:http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php
Felix Kling
2010-01-24 11:10:59
Mixing "normal" HTML output and echoing HTML makes it even harder to read the code. Your updated example is not very good.
Felix Kling
2010-01-24 11:20:18
@Felix: There's a clear note about what you **should** do. The example simply shows what you **can** do.
Max Shawabkeh
2010-01-24 11:24:46
@Felix: Thank you so much! That worked PERFECTLY, I figured there was a pretty simple way, I am still just learnign PHP (obviously)
Sean Booth
2010-01-24 17:46:35
A:
It is very bad habit to mix HTML and PHP (for more than just output control), but here you go:
$html = "<div>This is HTML</div>"
echo $html;
or Heredoc syntax:
$html = <<<EOF
<div>
<p>
Some longer HTML
</p>
</div>
EOF;
echo $html;
or using alternative syntax for control statements if the output depends on some condition (or if you loop through an array etc.)(which is far better than building HTML with strings):
<?php if($foo): ?>
<div> Some HTML output </div>
<?php else: ?>
<div> Some other HTML </div>
<?php endif; ?>
or just
<?php //PHP here ?>
<div>HTML</div>
<?php //more PHP ?>
<div>more HTML</div>
<?php //even more PHP ?>
Felix Kling
2010-01-24 11:06:01
A:
If you need to include snippets of HTML based on conditions, you can interleave code like this. In this case it's convenient to use the alternative syntax for loop controls
<?php if ( $var ): ?>
<html>
<title>YAY</title>
</html>
<?php endif; ?>
so the code is clearer to read and you retain HTML syntax coloring (if your editor supports it).
kemp
2010-01-24 11:08:07