Posted by Jeff North on 06/15/07 09:30

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:23:42 -0500, in comp.lang.php "Jon Slaughter"
<Jon_Slaughter@Hotmail.com>
<V%_bi.18963$C96.11122@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net> wrote:

>| I have to output a lot of html stuff mixed with php and I'm curious if its
>| better to echo the html code or stop the php parser temporarily to got into
>| "html mode"? Is there any drawbacks to either method?
>|
>| e.g.,
>|
>| echo "<div class=\"someclass\">"
>|
>| or
>|
>| ?><div class="someclass"><?php
>|
>| (realize that this is just a simple example and is not meant to represent
>| the actual code I will be writing)

I think it would depend upon how you have your file structured.

I place most of the php processing at the top of the file an
intermingle the necessary php code within the html section.

php block
html
styles block
javascript block
body
<p class="<?php echo $x;?>">some text</p>
<select name="lbOptions">
<?php for($x=0; $x<count($records); $x++)
echo "<option value='" . $records[$i]->ID . "'>" .
$records[$i]->info . "</option>";
?>
</select>
</body>
</html>

But then again, when I'm using AJAX calls I usually have the html
embedded within the php code.

Also, using a text editor with syntax highlighting is a must.
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