On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 11:51 -0500, Frank Stanovcak wrote: > "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 $whatever; ?></h1> > > no escaping, and no need to php your css styles. :) > > Frank > > > That's what I do do, but the 'odd' has to come from PHP, as unfortunately, numerical selectors in CSS aren't supported by (AFAIK) any browsers at the moment. So for example, if I was coding for alternate rows in a table, I might do: for($i=0; $i<$some_limit; $i++) { $rowClass = ($i % 2 == 0)?'':'class="alternate"'; print <<<EOP <tr $rowClass> <td>...</td> <td>...</td> <td>...</td> </tr> EOP; } As far as such loops go, is this a particular faux pas in regards to the way it's coded? Go on Tedd ;) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
