note 63707 added to language.types.string

You may use heredoc syntax to comment out large blocks of code, as follows: <?php <<<_EOC // end-of-line comment will be masked... so will regular PHP: echo ($test == 'foo' ? 'bar' : 'baz'); /* c-style comment will be masked, as will other heredocs (not using the same marker) */ echo <<<EOHTML This is text you'll never see! EOHTML; function defintion($params) { echo 'foo'; } class definition extends nothing { function definition($param) { echo 'do nothing'; } } how about syntax errors?; = gone, I bet. _EOC; ?> Useful for debugging when C-style just won't do. Also useful if you wish to embed Perl-like Plain Old Documentation; extraction between POD markers is left as an exercise for the reader. Note there is a performance penalty for this method, as PHP must still parse and variable substitute the string. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 70.61.82.194 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/63707 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63707/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63707/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63707/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63707/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63707/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63707/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63707 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/63707 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php