note 64378 deleted from function.echo by bjori

Note Submitter: PHPer Reason: in docs ---- "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