I went through this before posting:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1100354/easiest-way-to-echo-html-in-php
And still could make sense of it.
I´m trying to echo this:
<div>
<h3><a href="#">First</a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>
<div>
And I can´t seem to find a workaround to those "" and ''.
Thanks in advance!!
Trufa
<?php
echo '<div>
<h3><a href="#">First</a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>
<div>';
?>
Just put it in single quotes.
Using the first mechanism given there will do it.
<?php
...
?>
<div>
<h3><a href="#">First</a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>
<div>
<?php
...
?>
Did you try the heredoc based solution:
echo <<<HTML
<div>
<h3><a href="#">First</a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>
<div>
HTML;
You need to escape the " so that PHP doesn't recognise them as part of your PHP code. You do this by using the \ escape character.
So, your code would look like this:
echo
"<div>
<h3><a href=\"#\">First</a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>
<div>"
You have a variety of options. One would be to use PHP as the template engine it is:
<?php
// Draw the page
?>
<div>
<h3><a href="#">First</a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>
<?php
// Done drawing.
?>
Another would be to use single quotes, which let you leave double quotes unquoted and also support newlines in literals:
<?php
echo '<div>
<h3><a href="#">First</a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>';
?>
Another would be to use a HEREDOC, which leaves double quotes untouched, supports newlines, and also expands any variables inside:
<?php
echo <<<EOS
<div>
<h3><a href="#">First</a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>
EOS;
?>
Hello,
If you want to output large quantities of HTML you should consider using heredoc or nowdoc syntax. This will allow you to write your strings without the need for escaping.
echo <<<EOD
You can put "s and 's here if you like.
EOD;
Also note that because PHP is an embedded language you can add it between you HTML content and you don't need to echo any tags.
<div>
<p>No PHP here!</p>
<?php
$name = "Marcel";
echo "<p>Hello $name!</p>";
?>
</div>
Also if you just want to output a variable you should use the short-hand output tags <?=$var?>. This is equivalent to <?php echo $var; ?>.
Seperating HTML an Php is the best method less confusing and easy to bug
<?php
while($var)
{
?>
<div>
<h3><a href="User<?php echo $i;?>"><?php echo $i;?></a></h3>
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>
</div>
<?php
$i++;
}
?>