Posted by boclair on 01/18/07 21:58

lister wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a situation where I have a large block of HTML code that is
> conditionally displayed. In effect I have:
>
> html page
> some html
>
> <?php
> if (bShowBlock)
> {
> //LARGE BLOCK OF HTML
> }
> else
> {
> //SOME OTHER LARGE BLOCK OF HTML
> }
>
> some more html
>
> What is the quickest and easiest way to do this? Echoing is not an
> option as I would have to escape eveything in the HTML blocks.
>


A further method that can be useful is to use conditionals on the css
display property. e.g

<?php if(conditionA){$display="block;"}
elseif (conditionB) {$display="none;"}
?>
<div style="<php echo $display;?>">
BLOCK OF MARKUP
</div>

Louise

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