Re: CSS and variables

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Phil Matt <admin@philmatt.com> wrote: > De-lurking here. > > I'm trying, with no success, to use some CSS styling on my PHP output. > > Here's the code I want to style: > > echo '<tr><td > class="spacer">'.$row[0].'</td><td>'.$row[1].'</td> > > I want to use a CSS style for the second <td> cell, picking up the style > from the value of a variable. I tried this: > > $newcolor = "color: red"; > > <td style= "<? echo($newcolor): ?>">'.$row[1].'</td> > > But it doesn't work. No problem with th "spacer" class, works fine. I just > can't get the syntax for pulling a CSS style from a PHP var. > > TIA for your help! > You can't use PHP tags inside a string. You just need to concatenate the variable into the string you're echoing. echo '<tr><td class="spacer">'.$row[0].'</td><td style="'.$newcolor.'">'.$row[1].'</td>'; PHP tags may only contain PHP statements. You can't nest additional PHP tags within. They won't be evaluated.