Styling an If Else Statement

Question

I know that it's not possible to style any given PHP but I do know that it is possible to style the output HTML that the PHP provides you with. I was wondering if there was any method available for me to use that would enable me to style the output from my IF ELSE statement.

if ($result != false) {
    print "Your entry has successfully been entered into the blog.";
}

Answer 1

Just use HTML in your printed string. Nothing fancy needed.

if ($result != false) {
    print "<p class=\"success\">Your <strong>entry</strong> has <a href=\"http://example.com/\"&gt;successfully&lt;/a&gt; been entered into the blog. <img src=\"smileyface.png\" alt=\"Smiley face\" /></p>";
}

Answer 2

You need to print HTML then.

if ($result != false) {
  print "<b>Your entry has successfully been entered into the blog.</b>";
}

Or even

if ($result != false) {
  print "<div class='Style1'>Your entry has successfully been entered into the blog.</div>";
}

Answer 3

You mean this?

if ($result != false) {
 print "<span style='color:#ff0000'>Your entry has successfully been entered into the blog.</span>";
}

Answer 4

What I like to do, just to make life simple, is to switch between HTML and PHP in my page. For example,

<?php if ($fooSuccess = true) {?>
<p><span style="color: green;">Success!</span></p>
<?php } else {?>
<p><span style="color: red;">Error!</span></p>
<?php } ?>