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

[Kevin Futter]

On 1/9/06 12:06 PM, "DC" <dan.cynosure at dbmscan.com> wrote:

> If you are not using smarty.... (which you should really take a look at)....
> ;-)
> 
> A lot of PHP servers have 'short tags' turned on. This can be changed in
> php.ini file if it isn't on. you can replace the verbosity of
> 
> <?php echo $variable ?> 
> 
> with the nice
> 
> <?=$variable ?>
> 
> Also, 'Alternative syntax for control structures" is something to look at in
> the PHP manual. Basically it involves using colon to open foreach and if (and
> other control structures) and using endforeach; and endif; to close them.
> 
> These two ideas will allow you to tighten up the mixed HTML and PHP like so
> (at least i think it's cleaner! I added list-explode line for clearer variable
> assigns and I changed the closing anchor tag to be output in HTML instead of
> Kevin's suggestion to use a pragmatic PHP approach since I find it more
> readable and you avoid escaping doublequote):
> 
> <? foreach($searchResult['data'] as $key => $value):
>   list($currentRecord, $mod)=explode('.',$key); ?>
> 
> <tr class="ver12">
> <td>
> <a href="famdetail.php?recid=<?=$currentRecord?>" >
> <?=$value['FamilyName'][0] ?>
> </a>
> </td>
> <? endforeach; ?>
> 
> cheers,
> dan

Some good ideas there Dan, though personally I¹m not a fan of short opening
tags. The PHP manual itself recommends against them, and they can cause all
sorts of problems in XML environments, where they can (do) look like an XML
prolog.

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



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