On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > 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 /> You're trying to open PHP tags within a PHP code block. Drop the nested <?php echo $subject; ?> and replace it with: '.$subject.' Thus: echo '<br/><br/> <form method="post" action="sendmail.php"> <label for="subject">Subject of email </label><br/> <input id="subject" name="subject" type="text" value="'.$subject.'"><br/> -- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager http://www.php.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php