note 64378 added to function.echo

"This is a beauty for lots of text, really. And easy to read, if you're a PERL or shell person. echo <<<END This uses the "here document" syntax to output multiple lines with $variable interpolation. Note that the here document terminator must appear on a line with just a semicolon. no extra whitespace! END; " I just wanted to note that the last line "END;" must not have any whitespace before it.. so if your echo statement is indented, which 99% of the time it would be, make sure the echo terminator is not indented at all This can also be used in variable assignments.. like SQL statements. $SQL = <<<END SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE UserID = $UserID END; But then, I don't see the benifit of doing that vs... echo " This uses the "here document" syntax to output multiple lines with $variable interpolation. Note that the here document terminator must appear on a line with just a semicolon. no extra whitespace!"; or $SQL = " SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE UserID = $UserID"; -PHPer ---- Server IP: 66.163.161.117 Probable Submitter: 71.252.152.37 ---- 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/function.echo.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/64378 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64378/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64378/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64378/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64378/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64378/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64378/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64378 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/64378 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php