On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 17:56 +0200, Grega Leskovšek wrote: > Hi, I am still a newbie in php. Is there a shorter way to include a php > value in a form? > <input type="text" name="fullname" size="40" value="<?php echo > {$user['fullname']}; ?>" /> > is it possible to do smth like this <?=php {$user['fullname']}; ?> like in > JSP? > Can I omit the last whitespace before the closing ?> ? > > *** > I tried to download the file from another server the fancy way in PHP, but > it just display blank screen. Can You please look at my code: > > <?php > $filepath = "http://aaaaaa.yolasite.com/resources/happytears.doc"; > // $filepath = "http://users.skavt.net/~gleskovs/else/happytears.doc<http://users.skavt.net/%7Egleskovs/else/happytears.doc> > "; > if (file_exists($filepath)) { > header("Content-Type: application/force-download"); > header("Content-Disposition:filename=\"happytears.doc\""); > $fd = fopen($filepath,'rb');//I tried also just 'r' and am not clear on > which documents should I add b for binary? As I understand only text plain > files and html files and php etc files are without 'b'. All documents, > presentations, mp3 files, video files should have also 'b' for binary along > r. Am I wrong? > fpassthru($fd); > fclose($fd); > } > ?> > Both filepaths are valid and accessible to the same document. I double > checked them. Please help me. Thanks in advance, Yours, Grega > > -- Peace refuge: > http://users.skavt.net/~gleskovs/<http://users.skavt.net/%7Egleskovs/> > When the sun rises I receive and when it sets I forgive;) Grega Leskovšek There is a shorttag syntax for a basic PHP echo, and you nearly had it in your code example: <?=$user['fullname']?> But this will only work on a setup that has shorttags enabled, and a lot of shared hosts don't by default. Have you looked at heredoc? print <<<EOC <form> <input type="text" name="fullname" size="40" value="{$user['fullname']}"/> </form> EOC; Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php