"Ashley Sheridan" <> wrote in message news:1231681793.3527.2.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 08:08 -0500, tedd wrote: >> At 4:16 PM -0500 1/10/09, Paul M Foster wrote: >> >And let me present an alternative perspective. Never do something like: >> > >> ><?php echo 'Hellow world'; ?> >> > >> >Let Apache (or whatever) interpret HTML as HTML, and don't make it >> >interpret PHP code as HTML. >> > >> >Instead, do: >> > >> ><h1>Hello world</h1> >> > >> >If you're going to use PHP in the middle of a bunch of HTML, then only >> >use it where it's needed: >> > >> ><h1>Hello <?php echo $name; ?></h1> >> > >> >The contents of the PHP $name variable can't be seen by the HTML, which >> >is why you need to enclose it in a little PHP "island". Naturally, if >> >you're going to put PHP code in the middle of a HTML page, make the >> >extension PHP. Otherwise, Apache will not interpret the PHP code as PHP >> >(unless you do some messing with .htaccess or whatever). It's just >> >simplest to call a file something.php if it has PHP in it. >> > >> >Paul >> >-- >> >Paul M. Foster >> >> Paul: >> >> I agree with you. My example was not well thought out. My point was >> not to mix style elements with data. I should have said: >> >> I would consider the following"bad practice": >> >> <?php echo("<h1>$whatever</h1>"); ?> >> >> Whereas, the following I would consider "good practice". >> >> <h1><?php echo("$whatever"); ?></h1> >> >> Thanks for keeping me honest. >> >> Cheers, >> >> tedd >> >> >> -- >> ------- >> http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com >> > Unless it's something like this: > > <?php > echo "<h1 class=\"$headerClass\">$whatever</h1>"; > ?> > > Which is unlikely for a header tag, but I know this sort of format gets > used a lot by me and others, especially for setting alternate row styles > on tables (damn browsers and not supporting alternate rows!) > > > Ash > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > Hey Ash...Why don't you just use CSS subclassing? <style type="text/css"> h1.odd {class stuff here} h1.even {class stuff here} </style> then <h1 class="odd"><?php echo $whatever; ?></h1> no escaping, and no need to php your css styles. :) Frank -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
