Re: Why does heredoc fail in this instance?

on 2/4/02 11:32 AM, Peter J. Schoenster at php@errorcode.com wrote: > Hi > > If I use $snippet = ""; and escape the quotes in the block then it > works. But if I use it as is below, it fails with no useful error > message. Why? not sure if this is it or not, but from the manual http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php Variables are expanded, but the same care must be taken when expressing complex variables inside a here doc as with strings. i wonder if $this->this_cgi is causing the problem > > Thanks, > > Peter > > function GetAddCommentSnippet($args) { > $topic_id = $args[id]; > $return_page = $args[return_page]; > > $snippet = <<<EOS > <form action="$this->this_cgi" method="post"> > <br>Your First Name: <input type="text" name="FirstName" > value=""> > <br>Your Last Name: <input type="text" name="LastName" > value=""> > <br>Your Email Address: <input type="text" name="EmailAddress" > value=""> > <br>Your Comments: > <br> > <textarea cols="40" rows="4" > name="Comments"></textarea> > <br> > <input type="submit" value="submit now"> > <input type="hidden" name="action" value="AddComment"> > <input type="hidden" name="response_to_id" > value="$topic_id"> > <input type="hidden" name="r" value="$return_page"> > </form> > EOS; > > return $snippet; > > > } // END GetAddCommentSnippet > > > --------------------------- > "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go > away". > -- Philip K. Dick