Re: Couple of beginner questions

On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 08:08 -0500, tedd wrote: > At 4:16 PM -0500 1/10/09, Paul M Foster wrote: > >And let me present an alternative perspective. Never do something like: > > > ><?php echo 'Hellow world'; ?> > > > >Let Apache (or whatever) interpret HTML as HTML, and don't make it > >interpret PHP code as HTML. > > > >Instead, do: > > > ><h1>Hello world</h1> > > > >If you're going to use PHP in the middle of a bunch of HTML, then only > >use it where it's needed: > > > ><h1>Hello <?php echo $name; ?></h1> > > > >The contents of the PHP $name variable can't be seen by the HTML, which > >is why you need to enclose it in a little PHP "island". Naturally, if > >you're going to put PHP code in the middle of a HTML page, make the > >extension PHP. Otherwise, Apache will not interpret the PHP code as PHP > >(unless you do some messing with .htaccess or whatever). It's just > >simplest to call a file something.php if it has PHP in it. > > > >Paul > >-- > >Paul M. Foster > > Paul: > > I agree with you. My example was not well thought out. My point was > not to mix style elements with data. I should have said: > > I would consider the following"bad practice": > > <?php echo("<h1>$whatever</h1>"); ?> > > Whereas, the following I would consider "good practice". > > <h1><?php echo("$whatever"); ?></h1> > > Thanks for keeping me honest. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com > Unless it's something like this: <?php echo "<h1 class=\"$headerClass\">$whatever</h1>"; ?> Which is unlikely for a header tag, but I know this sort of format gets used a lot by me and others, especially for setting alternate row styles on tables (damn browsers and not supporting alternate rows!) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk