I have to agree with Jason on this one too. I work in a *production*
enviroment, Ive worked on small (2k loc) to medium (45k loc) sites and I see
no problem with echo "" accually I see a larger problem with going in and
out of PHP, it breaks the consistancy.
code snip from phorum
<?PHP echo $lAuthor;?>: <?PHP echo $author; ?> (<?PHP echo $host; ?>)<br>
<?PHP echo $lDate;?>: <?PHP echo $datestamp; ?><br>
//----
<?
echo "$lAuthor: $author ($host)<br>\n";
echo "$lDate: $datestamp<br>\n";
?>
I find the later easier to read, and modify, IMHO I cant see why it would be
easier. Maybe just programming style, everyone to they're own.
Chris Lee
Mediawaveonline.com
"Jason Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > if you have ever worked in a fast paced production environment, where
> > html is changed sometimes 5 times a day, digging through hundreds
> > of lines of:
> >
> > echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"hello\" size=\"20\"
> > value=\"$value\">"
> >
> > starts to make you insane.
>
> That's pretty ugly.
>
> echo "<input type='text' name='hello' size='20' value='$value'>";
>
> That's a bit better.
> This is even better still:
>
> echo "<INPUT TYPE='TEXT' NAME='hello' SIZE='20' VALUE='$value'>";
>
> Now, I can see the PHP variable used in there a lot easier than I
> could before. Syntax highlighting would bring it up more, too.
>
> > speaking as an html author, and a lover of php, _please_:
> >
> > <input type="text" name="hello" size="20" value="<?=$value?>">
> >
> > it makes the code useable.
>
> Actually, it makes it less useable for me.
>
> > : _never_ and I do mean that _never_ use echo for printing html.
> >
> > it makes your apps impossible to change, and in a production
> > environment, that's not ok.
>
> What if, halfway through a page, I figure out that I need to do a
> redirect or set a cookie?
>
> I assemble *all* the page content into a single string variable,
> and echo it out as the last thing the script does. This way I'm
> free to play with HTTP headers right up to that time.
>
> However, each to their own - your way works for you and your team,
> mine works for me and mine :)
>
> Jason
>
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