On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 01:27:05AM -0400, Will wrote: : : Thanks for the code but it comes up a parse error. I know I am new, but : this is driving me crazy!!! :( : Here is the code that I am working with: : : $display_block = " : <form method=\"POST\" action=\"do_note_modify.php\"> : <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"notes_id\" value=\"$_POST[notes_id]\"> : <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"care_id\" value=\"$care_id\"> : <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"common\" value=\"$common\"> : <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"notes\"> : : <p><b>||Cage No.: <font color=\"#ff0000\">$care_id</font> | Common Name: : <font color=\"#ff0000\">$common</font>||</b></p> : : <p><b>Date:</b><br> : <input type=\"text\" name=\"date\" value=\"$date\" size=\"40\"></p> : : echo "<p><b>Notes:</b><br>\n : <textarea rows=5 cols=31 name=\"notes\" wrap=virtual>" . : htmlentities($notes) . "</textarea></p>\n"; : : <p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Modify This Note\"></p> : </form>"; : : I know it does not look right, can I take out the "echo", or must that : stay??
Why not make life easier and use a heredoc? $htmlnotes = htmlentities($notes); $display_block = <<<BLOCK <form method="POST" action="do_note_modify.php"> <input type="hidden" name="notes_id" value="$_POST[notes_id]"> <input type="hidden" name="care_id" value="$care_id"> <input type="hidden" name="common" value="$common"> <input type="hidden" name="notes"> <p><b>||Cage No.: <font color="#ff0000">$care_id</font> | Common Name: <font color="#ff0000">$common</font>||</b></p> <p><b>Date:</b><br> <input type="text" name="date" value="$date" size="40"></p> <p><b>Notes:</b><br> <textarea rows=5 cols=31 name="notes" wrap=virtual>$htmlnotes</textarea></p> <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Modify This Note"></p> </form> BLOCK; echo $display_block; -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php