[FX.php List] Embed php into HTML or vice versa?

[Kevin Futter]

On 1/9/06 6:16 AM, "Jonathan Schwartz" <jonathan at eschwartz.com> wrote:

> I'd like to get better at coding my scripts.
> 
> One thing that I have not developed a sense for yet: when it is best
> to embed php tags into html versus embedding html into php code.
> 
> I tend to waste the most amount of time solving parse errors when
> embedded html into php, it seems, especially in dealing with quotes
> and such.
> 
> I hope that this question makes sense.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jonathan
> 

The way to look at it is from the perspective of separating logic from other
elements of page rendering (document structure, presentation and behaviour).
On that basis alone, I endeavour to keep my PHP and HTML as separate as
possible (which often isn't very). Normally I try to just print PHP variable
values into an HTML element or attribute and move on. It's not always
possible, but mixing them up either way just makes for a messy document in
which all the separate elements are mashed up.

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Kevin Futter
Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/



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