Re: print problem

Hey, A bunch of loons replied to your question so I will add another :-) First, your syntax is SO wrong that it's almost as if you are joking so perhaps you should reread that book and if it instructs the aforementioned code then immediatly burn it. Now, firstly this is what you wanted to do. First we'll define the variable and then print it : <?php $My_Board = 'My board is made of wood'; print "$My_Board"; ?> If you'd like to read up on syntax (you should!) then go here : http://www.php.net/manual/language.basic-syntax.php In fact, you should go through the manual. Anyway, you will see many ways to print variables exist such as : <?php print $My_Board; print ("$My_Board"); print "$My_Board"; ?> Oh and there is echo() function too :-) Anyway, you need to learn some basics my friend, so check out : Basics : http://devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_1/ (part 1 of 5 part series - very basic) Use Strings : http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/using-strings.php (using strings is so important this is where many fail) Don't mind peoples comments, it's just that your code was or is horrible and not even close to being correct...but you will learn to dominate PHP soon enough :-) Regards, Philip -- be outside the box. On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Joe Newbie wrote: > > Hi, I'm reading the book "Teach Yourself PHP in 15 Minutes" and can't > figure out why this doesn't work: > > >? > > print ""; $My_Board > > </php> > > > Could someone please re-write my code so the message board works and the cookie is set. Should I have included() or required() the Style Sheet(which is faster)? And please tell my why this way is better than the ASP way? > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >