If you are using PHP 5.4 or short_open_tag is 1, you can also do this: Some HTML text here<?=subject?>some more HTML text<?=$text?>and finally other stuff here Am 01.07.2012 14:01, schrieb Tim Streater: > On 01 Jul 2012 at 01:00, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I am trying to get the hang of php using some examples that I found >> in a book. I've been making progress lately, but one thing has me a >> bit stumped. >> >> In an HTML form that I am echoing through PHP I would like to embed >> smaller chunks of php in the code like so: >> >> >> echo '<br /><br /> >> <form method="post" action="sendemail.php"> >> <label for="subject">Subject of email:</label><br /> >> <input id="subject" name="subject" type="text" value="<?php >> echo $subject;?>"><br /> >> <label for="elvismail">Body of email:</label><br /> >> <textarea id="elvismail" name="elvismail" rows="8" >> cols="40">"<?php echo $text;?>" </textarea><br /> >> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" /> >> </form>'; > > You don't need the nested echoes. Just concatenate instead: > > echo '<br /><br /> > <form method="post" action="sendemail.php"> > <label for="subject">Subject of email:</label><br /> > <input id="subject" name="subject" type="text" value="' . $subject . '"><br /> > <label for="elvismail">Body of email:</label><br /> > <textarea id="elvismail" name="elvismail" rows="8" > cols="40">"' . $text . '" </textarea><br /> > <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" /> > </form>'; > > In short you're doing this : > > echo 'Some HTML text here ' . $subject . ' some more HTML text ' . $text . ' and finally other stuff here'; > > -- > Cheers -- Tim > > >
