Re: What does "<<<" mean?

never ever used it... I also voted! -- itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com "Philip Thompson" <prthomp@uark.edu> wrote in message news:22999E4E-8235-448B-AE8C-0E9A4A7DBBEA@uark.edu... > On Apr 30, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Greg Donald wrote: > >> On 4/30/07, Nick Gorbikoff <ngorbikoff@initialplants.com> wrote: >>> Hello, folks. >>> I rember I've since this somewhere in perl and it has somethign to do >>> with >>> blocks of code. I came across the same thing in some PHP code. >>> >>> <<< END >>> ....some code.... >>> END >>> >>> What exactly does it mean. >>> >>> BTW: >>> PHP .net search breaks if you search for <<< >> >> >> It's heredoc syntax. >> >> http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ >> language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc > > > Ok, let's gather some stats to see how many people actually use the > heredoc syntax. I created this quick little form to gather the data. It's > takes 2 seconds (literally) - vote here: > > http://thril.uark.edu/heredoc/ > > I'm interested in knowing if this is used a lot. If it is, then I may > consider tying it into my code (if it calls for it). > > ~Philip