I agree. I think embedding the <?php ?> tags is messy and harder to follow. I do however, treat echo like print. ie echo "The thought would \"have\" to be clear."; I've not use CR,. I'll have to look at that. Thanks
-----Original Message----- From: Robin Kopetzky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 8:02 PM To: PHP General Subject: [PHP] HTML via echo or not Good evening. I'm probably going to stir up a hornet's nest but have a question. Does using echo for ALL html pages mean I have a sick mind? Example: echo CR, '<HTML>', CR, ' <BODY>', CR, ' etc...'; I like the look. It's more readable, gives me a better view of variables as they are all single-quoted and stand out nicely in my editor. No messy jumping into and out of php. I have looked at a bunch of php code written by others and HEREDOC looks stupid with everything jammed against the left side of the screen, php tags within HTML breaks up the flow of properly formatted HTML, which I firmly require for all of my code, and just doesn't look right. 'print' makes you add \" to all of the HTML attributes but the 'echo' method makes everything look like php! Since all your doing is dumping text to the output subsystem, there shouldn't be any speed decrease in the code. Yes, I know, there are advocates for every kind of method to display HTML code but just wanting to get others opinions on the subject. If you wish, email me off-list @ sparkyk-AT-blackmesa-isp.net. Cheers! Robin 'Sparky' Kopetzky Black Mesa Computers/Internet Service Grants, NM 87020 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
