Comment out HTML and PHP together

Question

I have this code        lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php echo  entry keyword    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input type  text  name  keyword  value   lt  php echo  keyword    gt     gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt       lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php echo  entry sort order    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input name  sort order  value   lt  php echo  sort order    gt   size  1    gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt    and I would love to comment both in one shot   but when I try       lt  --  lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php echo  entry keyword    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input type  text  name  keyword  value   lt  php echo  keyword    gt     gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt       lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php echo  entry sort order    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input name  sort order  value   lt  php echo  sort order    gt   size  1    gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt  -- gt    the page fails - it seems the PHP code is not being commented out    Is there a way to do this

User · Accepted Answer

Instead of using HTML comments  which have no effect on PHP code -- which will still be executed   you should use PHP comments    lt  php     lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php echo  entry keyword    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input type  text  name  keyword  value   lt  php echo  keyword    gt     gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt       lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php echo  entry sort order    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input name  sort order  value   lt  php echo  sort order    gt   size  1    gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt       gt     With that  the PHP code inside the HTML will not be executed  and nothing  not the HTML  not the PHP  not the result of its non-execution  will be displayed    Just one note  you cannot nest C-style comments    which means the comment will end at the first    encountered

User · Answer

The  lt  -- -- gt  is only for HTML commenting and the PHP will still run anyway     Therefore the best thing I would do is also to comment out the PHP

User · Answer

I found the following solution pretty effective if you need to comment a lot of nested HTML   PHP code   Wrap all the content in this    lt  php     if false     gt   Here goes your PHP   HTML code   lt  php         gt

User · Answer

You can only accomplish this with PHP comments     lt  --  lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php   echo  entry keyword    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input type  text  name  keyword  value   lt  php   echo  keyword    gt     gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt       lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php   echo  entry sort order    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input name  sort order  value   lt  php   echo  sort order    gt   size  1    gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt  -- gt    The way that PHP and HTML works  it is not able to comment in one swoop unless you do    lt  php      echo  lt  lt  lt ENDHTML   lt tr gt             lt td gt   entry keyword  lt  td gt             lt td gt  lt input type  text  name  keyword  value   echo  keyword     gt  lt  td gt           lt  tr gt           lt tr gt             lt td gt   entry sort order  lt  td gt             lt td gt  lt input name  sort order  value    sort order   size  1    gt  lt  td gt           lt  tr gt  ENDHTML        gt

User · Answer

I agree that Pascal s solution is the way to go  but for those saying that it adds an extra task to remove the comments  you can use the following comment style trick to simplify your life    lt  php      gt   lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php echo  entry keyword    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input type  text  name  keyword  value   lt  php echo  keyword    gt     gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt       lt tr gt         lt td gt  lt  php echo  entry sort order    gt  lt  td gt         lt td gt  lt input name  sort order  value   lt  php echo  sort order    gt   size  1    gt  lt  td gt       lt  tr gt   lt  php         gt    In order to stop the code block being commented out  simply change the opening comment to    lt  php       gt

User · Answer

PHP parser will search your entire code for  lt  php  or  lt   if short open tag   On   so HTML comment tags have no effect on PHP parser behavior  amp  if you don t want to parse your PHP code  you have to use PHP commenting directives       or

User · Answer

You can also use this as a comment    lt  php        get sidebar          gt

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