On 10/7/06, sit1way <sit1way@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm overhauling my PHP based CMS and want to know how to set a variable equal to an HTML string, but without having to escape all the quotes!
Noah, meet HEREDOC. HEREDOC, meet Noah: http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc Now you cozy two, let's make it a party with the Complex (Curly {}) syntax: http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.parsing.complex All together now! [code] $var =<<<HEREDOC <form name="events" method="POST" action=""> <select class="menus" name="news" onChange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,0);"> <option selected="selected">News Options</option> <option value="{$this->doc_path}admin/news/add/1/">Add</option> <option value="{$this->doc_path}admin/news/update/1/">Update</option> <option value="{$this->doc_path}admin/news/delete/1/">Delete</option> </select> </form> HEREDOC; [/code] HTH, John W
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