Re: Couple of beginner questions

On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 10:16 -0500, tedd wrote: > At 3:02 PM +0000 1/11/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 09:46 -0500, tedd wrote: > >> At 1:49 PM +0000 1/11/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > > > > >> >Unless it's something like this: > >> > > >> ><?php > >> >echo "<h1 class=\"$headerClass\">$whatever</h1>"; > > > >?> > > > > >> Here's the alterative I would use: > >> > > > <h1 class="<php echo($headerClass);?>"><php > > > echo($whatever);?></h1> > > > >I'm not wanting ti nitpick, but what if there were several attributes > >you needed to populate from the PHP? I just find it easier on my eyes to > >include HTML in the PHP string that's being output, but I can see the > >definite merits for echoing out single parts that would only get in the > >way of the HTML. > > Ash: > > Nitpick as much as you want -- we all have our level of accommodation. > > To me, there usually is a clear demarcation between the different > languages, their scope, and best application. If I had to deal with > several attributes, such as shown here: > > <h1 class="red header">Hello World</h1> > > I would write it up like so: > > $header_class = "red header"; > $whatever = "Hello World"; > > <h1 class="<php echo($header_class);?>"><php > echo($whatever);?></h1> > > In my css, I would have > > .red > { > color: #ff0000; > } > > .header > { > font-size: 1.2em; > } > > That would solve the problem of several attributes and keep php, > html, and css separate. > > So handling numerous attributes would not be a problem for me. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com > I was thinking more along the lines of this: echo "<img src=\"$url\" alt=\"$alt\" title=\"$alt\" class=\"$imgclass \"/>"; which looks like this otherwise: <img src="<?php echo($url);?>" alt="<?php echo($alt);?>" title="<?php echo($alt);?>" class="<?php echo($imgclass);?>"/> Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk