How can I echo HTML in PHP

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I want to conditionally output HTML to generate a page  so what s the easiest way to echo multiline snippets of HTML in PHP 4   Would I need to use a template framework like Smarty   echo   lt html gt      n      I m sure there s a better way  echo   lt head gt      n   echo   lt  head gt      n   echo   lt body gt      n   echo   lt  body gt      n   echo   lt  html gt      n

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You could use the alternative syntax alternative syntax for control structures and break out of PHP   lt  php if   something     gt       lt some   gt   lt tags   gt   lt etc   gt       lt    shortButControversialWayOfPrintingAVariable   gt       lt  php    A comment not visible in the HTML  but it is a bit of a pain to write      gt   lt  php else    gt       lt  -- else -- gt   lt  php endif    gt

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echo    lt html gt   lt body gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt       or  echo   lt html gt  n lt body gt  n lt  body gt  n lt  html gt  n

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In addition to Chris B s answer  if you need to use echo anyway  still want to keep it simple and structured and don t want to spam the code with  lt  php stuff    gt  s  you can use the syntax below   For example you want to display the images of a gallery   foreach  images as  image        echo       lt li gt              lt a href     site url     images     image  name       gt                  lt img                     class  image                      title      image  title                           src     site url     images thumbs     image  filename                           alt      image  description                       gt              lt  a gt          lt  li gt        Echo takes multiple parameters so with good indenting it looks pretty good  Also using echo with parameters is more effective than concatenating

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enter string     lt textarea style  quot color  FF0000  quot  name  quot message quot  gt EXAMPLE lt  textarea gt     echo  Echo as HTML    htmlspecialchars  string  enter string

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Try this   lt  php     echo  lt  lt  lt HTML      Your HTML tags here  HTML    gt

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I am partial to this style      lt html gt       lt head gt   lt      if  X            gt        lt title gt Definitely X lt  title gt   lt              else           gt        lt title gt Totally not X lt  title gt   lt          gt    lt  head gt     lt  html gt    I do use ASP-style tags  yes  The blending of PHP and HTML looks super-readable to my eyes  The trick is in getting the  lt   and   gt  markers just right

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Simply use the print function to echo text in the PHP file as follows   lt  php    print        lt div class  quot wrap quot  gt          lt span class  quot textClass quot  gt TESTING lt  span gt        lt  div gt         gt

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There are a few ways to echo HTML in PHP  1  In between PHP tags  lt  php if condition     gt        lt  -- HTML here -- gt   lt  php     gt   2  In an echo if condition        echo  quot HTML here quot      With echos  if you wish to use double quotes in your HTML you must use single quote echos like so  echo   lt input type  quot text quot  gt     Or you can escape them like so  echo  quot  lt input type   quot text  quot  gt  quot    3  Heredocs 4  Nowdocs  as of PHP 5 3 0  Template engines are used for using PHP in documents that contain mostly HTML  In fact  PHP s original purpose was to be a templating language  That s why with PHP you can use things like short tags to echo variables  e g   lt    someVariable  gt    There are other template engines  such as Smarty  Twig  etc   that make the syntax even more concise  e g    someVariable     The primary benefit of using a template engine is keeping the design  presentation logic  separate from the coding  business logic   It also makes the code cleaner and easier to maintain in the long run  If you have any more questions feel free to leave a comment  Further reading is available on these things in the PHP documentation   NOTE  PHP short tags  lt   and   gt  are discouraged because they are only available if enabled with short open tag php ini configuration file directive  or if PHP was configured with the --enable-short-tags option  They are available  regardless of settings from 5 4 onwards

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This is how I do it   lt  php if  contition    true     gt            lt input type  quot text quot  value  quot  lt  php echo  value stored in php variable    gt  quot    gt   lt  php  else    gt            lt p gt No input here  lt  p gt   lt  php     gt

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Basically you can put HTML anywhere outside of PHP tags  It s also very beneficial to do all your necessary data processing before displaying any data  in order to separate logic and presentation   The data display itself could be at the bottom of the same PHP file or you could include a separate PHP file consisting of mostly HTML   I prefer this compact style    lt  php        do your processing here      gt    lt html gt   lt head gt       lt title gt  lt    title  gt  lt  title gt   lt  head gt   lt body gt       lt  php foreach    something as  item       gt           lt p gt  lt    item  gt  lt  p gt       lt  php endforeach    gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt    Note  you may need to use  lt  php echo  var    gt  instead of  lt    var  gt  depending on your PHP setup

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Try it like this  heredoc syntax    variable    lt  lt  lt XYZ  lt html gt   lt body gt    lt  body gt   lt  html gt  XYZ  echo  variable

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Another approach is put the HTML in a separate file and mark the area to change with a placeholder   content   in this case   You can also use sprintf instead of the str replace    page    Hello  World     content   file get contents  html welcome html     pagecontent   str replace    content      content   page   echo  pagecontent    Alternatively  you can just output all the PHP stuff to the screen captured in a buffer  write the HTML  and put the PHP output back into the page  It might seem strange to write the PHP out  catch it  and then write it again  but it does mean that you can do all kinds of formatting stuff  heredoc  etc    and test it outputs correctly without the hassle of the page template getting in the way   The Joomla CMS does it this way  BTW   I e    lt  php     ob start        echo  Hello  World          php output   ob get contents        ob end clean      gt   lt h1 gt My Template page says lt  h1 gt   lt  php     echo  php output     gt   lt hr gt  Template footer

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Don t echo out HTML  If you want to use  lt  php echo  quot  lt h1 gt    title   lt  h1 gt  quot     gt   you should be doing this   lt h1 gt  lt     title   gt  lt  h1 gt

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