[FX.php List] Risks in multi-line echo statement?

[Joel Shapiro]

Thanks Gjermund.  I hadn't thought of anything like that.

Best,
-Joel


On Oct 26, 2006, at 1:47 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> This would be my approach:
>
> $col[] = '<td align="right">Field A: </td>';
> $col[] = '<td>' . $value['FieldA'][0] . '</td>';
>
> $row[] = '<tr>' . implode( "\n\t\t", $col ) . '</tr>';
> unset( $col );
>
> $col[] = '<td align="right">Field B: </td>';
> $col[] = '<td>'.$value['FieldB'][0].'</td>';
>
> $row[] = '<tr>' . implode( "\n\t\t", $col ) . '</tr>';
> unset( $col );
>
> $table = '<table>' . implode( "\n\t", $row ) . '</table>';
>
> echo $table;
>
> ggt667
>
> On 10/25/06, Joel Shapiro <jsfmp at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Thanks Chris, that's great!  I'd never heard of heredoc.
>>
>> looking at its php.net documentation lead me to the echo()
>> documentation, which includes:
>>
>> 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;
>>
>> (so you're right, you don't need to store the heredoc in a variable)
>>
>> it also includes:
>>
>> echo "This spans
>> multiple lines. The newlines will be
>> output as well";
>>
>> (which I guess answers my original question)
>>
>> Best,
>> -Joel
>>
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Chris Hansen wrote:
>>
>> > Joel,
>> >
>> > Use heredoc syntax.  This would like like the following:
>> >
>> > $myText = <<<MY_TEXT
>> > <table>
>> >       <tr>
>> >               <td align="right">Field A: </td>
>> >               <td>{$value['FieldA'][0]}</td>
>> >       </tr>
>> >       <tr>
>> >               <td align="right">Field B: </td>
>> >               <td>{$value['FieldB'][0]}</td>
>> >       </tr>
>> > </table>
>> > MY_TEXT;
>> >
>> > echo($myText);
>> >
>> > Note that like double quotes, your variables can go right inside
>> > the block.  Also, heredoc is designed to work with multi-line
>> > blocks of text.  The PHP online docs have more details:
>> >
>> > http://www.php.net/manual/en/
>> > language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc
>> >
>> > Lots of folks aren't aware of this string syntax, but it's a gem in
>> > my opinion.  (You may be able to echo the heredoc block directly
>> > rather than storing it first -- I don't use it that way  
>> though.)  HTH
>> >
>> > --Chris Hansen
>> >   FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>> >   Creator of FX.php
>> >   "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>> >   www.iViking.org
>> >
>> >
>> > On Oct 25, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all
>> >>
>> >> Quick php formatting question:
>> >>
>> >> Are there any risks to using a single echo statement with multiple
>> >> lines inside the quotes, as follows?
>> >>
>> >> echo ' // START ECHO
>> >> <table>
>> >>      <tr>
>> >>              <td align="right">Field A: </td>
>> >>              <td>'.$value['FieldA'][0].'</td>
>> >>      </tr>
>> >>      <tr>
>> >>              <td align="right">Field B: </td>
>> >>              <td>'.$value['FieldB'][0].'</td>
>> >>      </tr>
>> >> </table>
>> >> '; //  END ECHO
>> >>
>> >> I think it was on this list where people once discussed various
>> >> ways of switching between html and php code.  This way *seems* to
>> >> be a way to keep the html looking like html (both in the initial
>> >> code, and in the browser's view source), but without needing lots
>> >> of echo statements (1 per line), or using "\n", or having to  
>> use <?
>> >> php echo $value['FieldA'][0]; ?> each time within straight html.
>> >> I've looked elsewhere online and haven't found other examples of
>> >> this, so I'm wondering if there's a good reason for that.
>> >>
>> >> TIA,
>> >> -Joel
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