Re: "EOQ" what does it mean??

Darren, Small confusion in the typing of the original (accurate) submission. It is all one word "heredoc" and can be found in the manual (using Paul's recommended location) check out http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc. Think of the <<<something ... something (margin position second something is v.important) as equivalent to '...' or "..." (opening and closing marks to delimit a string) and you'll be away. =dn ----- Original Message ----- From: "p.whiter" <p.whiter@0800dial.com> To: "PHP-DB List" <php-db@lists.php.net>; "Darren" <Darren@dixondigital.com> Sent: 04 November 2001 02:07 Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] "EOQ" what does it mean?? > If you are running windows, I suggest you download the .chm version of the > php manual, great for easy searching and bookmarking pages etc. > > http://uk2.php.net/distributions/manual/manual-en.chm > > To answer your question, the first piece of code will be, replace: > > $output = <<<EOQ > </form> > EOQ; > > with > > $output = print("</form>"); > > and the next replace: > > $output = <<<EOQ > <input type="text" name="$name" value="$value" > size="$size" $maxatt> > EOQ; > > with > > $output =print("<input type=\"text\" name=\"$name\" > value=\"$value\" > size=\"$size\" $maxatt>"); > > When using the print statement you must remember to escape all " within the > parenthesis with \ > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darren" <Darren@dixondigital.com> > > > : You are exactly right from what I can tell. I did you you suggested > : and it worked! There are several of those in the document. Looked > : it up in the book and have a limited idea on what it is, and also > : learning from your example I have a better Idea. But I did a search > : for here docs, on the PHP site and couldn't find anything. I think > : I can probably figure out the other 6 or 7 in the document but I > : can't figure this on out. > : > : > : here tis > : > : // This function returns an HTML </form> tag. > : > : function end_form () > : { > : $output = <<<EOQ > : </form> > : EOQ; > : > : return $output; > : } > : > : ******* > : I know this must be simple but I just can't get it yet. I tried > : experimenting and putting other code in there to replace it but > : nothing has worked... yet. > : > : Thanks again for the help > : > : Darren > : > : PS here is the next one in case you felt like looking at it > : > : // This function returns an HTML text input field. The default size > : // of the field is 10. A value and maximum data length for the field > : // may be supplied. > : > : function text_field ($name="", $value="", $size=10, $maxlen="") > : { > : $maxatt = empty($maxlen) ? "" : "maxlength=\"$maxlen\""; > : $output = <<<EOQ > : <input type="text" name="$name" value="$value" > size="$size" $maxatt> > : EOQ; > : return $output; > : } > : > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >