RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse
| From: | Jay Blanchard | Date: | Wed, 29 May 2002 12:05:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse | ||
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If you need to display PHP code in an HTML page and have it validate
properly you need to use the following;
<? php ?> which will properly display as
<? php ?>
As a matter of course it is typical to use < (<) and > (>) along with
a set of pre-formatted tags (<pre></pre>) when using HTML to display code.
Many online magazines have adopted this syntax for code display. Therefore;
<pre>
<? php
//lots of code here
if(foo == bar){
do some stuff;
}
else {
do other stuff;
}
//now do some HTML
print("<title>" . $title_variable . "</title>")
?>
</pre>
will display the code block and its comments properly in an HTML page.
HTH!
Jay