RE: [PHP] First of my Quark/php generated Questions

> -----Original Message----- > From: Miller, Terion [mailto:tmiller@springfi.gannett.com] > Sent: 28 July 2009 17:06 > > Okay I have to echo onto my reverse pub page this chunk of code that > is for > generating the page in Quark, it has to echo as is...but I'm getting > errors--I've tried in brackets, in paraenthesis, double quotes, > single > quotes etc: > > echo "<v6.52><e0> > @Normal=<Ps100t-2h100z9.4k0b0cMf"Helvetica"> > @.LIST > Bold=<Ps100t-4h110.001z8.7k0b0cKf"InterstateNL-BlackCondensed"> > @.BODY=[S"", > ".BODY"]<*J*h"Standard"*kn0*kt0*ra0*rb0*d0*p(0,7,0,10,0,0,G,"U.S. > English")Ps100t-2h100z9.4k0b0cKf"PoynterOSTextTwoNL-Roman"> > @Normal=[S".BODY > ",".BODY","Normal"]<> > @.GLANCE Hed > > 100K=[S"",""]<*L*h"Headline"*kn0*kt0*ra0*rb0*d0*p(0,0,0,+0,10,0,g,"U > .S. > English")Ps100t-4h100z16k0b0cKf"InterstateNL-BlackCondensed"> > @.GLANCE Text > normal=[S"",".GLANCE Text > normal"]<*L*h"Standard"*kn0*kt0*ra0*rb0*d0*p(0,5.25,0,10,0,0,G,"U.S. > English")Ps100t-2h110.001z9.4k0b0cKf"InterstateNL-LightCondensed"> > @.LIST > Subtopic > > label=[S"",""]<*C*h"Standard"*kn0*kt0*ra0*rb0*d0*p(0,0,0,10,4,2,g,"U > .S. > English")PKs100t-3h100z8.7k0b0cKf"InterstateNL-BlackCondensed"> > @.LIST Body > no indents=[S"",".LIST Body no > indents"]<*L*h"Standard"*kn0*kt0*ra0*rb0*d0*p(0,0,0,+0,0,3,g,"U.S. > English")Ps100t-4h110.001z8.7k0b0cKf"InterstateNL-LightCondensed">" > ; The problem here is you have a string to output with lots of double quotes embedded in it, and you have also tried to quote it with double quotes. There are several things you could do: (i) Insert a backslash in front of every double quote; I don't recommend this, as you're bound to miss one and it's very ugly to read. (ii) Enclose it in single quotes instead; this is good as it prevents nearly all interpolation/escaping, but it has the disadvantage that you then have to backslash any single quotes. (iii) Use a Heredoc http://php.net/heredoc; this avoids the need to backslash internal double quotes, but might be a problem if your text ever contains $ signs as it does variable interpolation. (iv) If you are on PHP 5.3, use a Nowdoc http://php.net/nowdoc. Whatever option you choose, you will always have to backslash-escape any backslashes; on a quick scan, I can't see any in that text block, but it's best to be aware ;) Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS,  LS1 3HE,  United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm