Bug #16663 Updated: Different syntax for embedding HTML in PHP

ID: 16663 Updated by: bill@bwi.com Reported By: bill@bwi.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: There is nothing wrong with your alternative except that I can't find info about the contstruct echo <<<HTML some more html HTML in the online documentation. Should I add this to the notes regarding "Example 5-2. Advanced escaping" on http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.php in the online documentation, since this is apparently an additional method for disabling the PHP parser ? NOTE: I did try to search the online documentation for "<<<" without any result. I also spoke to a PHP programmer with considerably more experience than me, who was also unfamiliar with this construct. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-17 16:01:32] mfischer@php.net What's wrong with <?php echo "Ene mene foo<br />\n"; echo <<<HTML <hr> Some more html <hr> HTML ?> Any, unlikely SUCH a change is done. Ever. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-17 12:29:12] bill@bwi.com I can't seem to figure out how to edit the submission, so I can't fix the missing < on <html> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-17 12:24:55] bill@bwi.com Missed the opening < on <html> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-17 12:18:47] bill@bwi.com The following can be confusing to read: html> <br>This is plain HTML <? echo "<br>This is a PHP Block"; ?> <br>This is raw html text embedded in PHP. <? echo "<br>This is the same outer PHP block"; ?> <br>This is more plain HTML </html> The following is easier to read, at least for me, with a C programming background: html> <br>This is plain HTML <? echo "<br>This is a PHP Block"; HTML { <br>This is raw html text embedded in PHP. } echo "<br>This is the same outer PHP block"; ?> <br>This is more plain HTML </html> This would make HTML a reserved word that would turn off the PHP parser within the following set of braces, or if braces aren't present, until the next semicolon. The advantage of this style is it makes it easier to see the underlying block structure of the PHP code, yet avoids having to use echo or print to output chunks of HTML code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16663&edit=1