Re: what the heck? (elementary question)

Keep with Christophers original statement. It is more efficient to not have large echo values. gl -- Seth szii@sziisoft.com wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "Cosby, Christopher" <Christopher.Cosby@sciatl.com>

I don't want to start a tangent here, but the most accepted way for generating HTML with PHP is to NOT generate HTML with PHP. Thus, the original code should be written like this:

Huh? ".. most accepted way for generating ...is NOT generate.."? Brain fart? =) I will regularly use large "echo" style statements to generate HTML, especially <SELECT> tags and result tables.

As far as the POST/GET question, you technically can use POST and GET methods simultaneously, but it's nasty. For best results, stay away from the register_globals functionality and use $HTTP_POST_VARS[] and $HTTP_GET_VARS[] instead.

Both of which are deprecated. =( _GET _POST are the new ones. POST will allow larger form submits as well, like file uploads. GET are for smaller and faster data sets.

Go to WeSellBooksByTheMillions and buy a good PHP book for reference. They have lots of basics like this in them. I prefer most anything from Wrox Press (http://www.wrox.com/)

www.php.net www.phpbuilder.com RIP Computer Literacy bookstores after the Barnes and Noble acquisition. -Mike