Re: syntax question...

There are typically called a 'heredoc' or 'here document'. basically it changes the double quotation mark(") to 'content' (in this case). To start, do this <<<content and to end it just type content; on a line by itself. The example you showed does echo the stuff out. It sets all the internal html to $var and echo's $var afterwards. Hope this helps! --Joseph Guhlin http://www.bahwi.cc/ Web Developer / Unix Consultant Kelly Meeks wrote:

I saw this used in a script, but after a couple of searches didn't come up with anything on php.net. <? $var=<<<content <table> <tr> <td> <font color="red"> $phpvarhere </font> </td> </tr> </table> content; echo $var; ?> So, does this allow you to output mixed html/php without having to escape offending characters with no echo or print? Conceptually, would the syntax above work? TIA Kelly