Text on web page

[salonowiec]

I'd like to make something that seems absolutely simple: to put the
fragment of html code so that it will be seen for users and not
interpreted. For example:

$template_thumb_view_title_row = <<<EOT

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%"
class="statlink"><h2>{ALBUM_NAME}</h2></td>
<td><img src="images/spacer.gif"
width="1" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table>

EOT;

But computer makes the interpretation and part of the text disappears!
Thank you

 

[Neredbojias]

I'd like to make something that seems absolutely simple: to put the
fragment of html code so that it will be seen for users and not
interpreted. For example:

$template_thumb_view_title_row = <<<EOT

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%"
class="statlink"><h2>{ALBUM_NAME}</h2></td>
<td><img src="images/spacer.gif"
width="1" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table>

EOT;

But computer makes the interpretation and part of the text disappears!

I dunno what <<<EOT is but for the html you must use html entities for
certain characters like "<" and ">" (-which in this case are &lt; and &gt;
respectively.)

 

[mynameisnobodyodyssea]

I'd like to make something that seems absolutely simple: to put the
fragment of html code so that it will be seen for users and not
interpreted. For example:

$template_thumb_view_title_row = <<<EOT

                        <table width="100%" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0">
                        <tr>
                                <td width="100%"
class="statlink"><h2>{ALBUM_NAME}</h2></td>
                                <td><img src="images/spacer.gif"
width="1" alt="" /></td>
                        </tr>
                        </table>

EOT;

But computer makes the interpretation and part of the text disappears!
Thank you

This looks like a PHP heredoc string
that must be declared and then
printed to the browser (probably using echo)
within the <?php ... ?> tags,
for example

<?php
$template_thumb_view_title_row = <<<EOT
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%"
class="statlink"><h2>{ALBUM_NAME}</h2></td>
<td><img src="images/spacer.gif"
width="1" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
EOT;

// ..... maybe something else here before printing ... and print

echo $template_thumb_view_title_row;
?>

 

[salonowiec]

I dunno what <<<EOT is but for the html you must use html entities for
certain characters like "<" and ">" (-which in this case are &lt; and &gt;
respectively.)

Entities, of course!... Many thanks.

 

[mrcakey]

Entities, of course!... Many thanks.

Really?!! That fixed it?

+mrcakey

 

[dorayme]

I dunno what <<<EOT is but for the html you must use html entities for
certain characters like "<" and ">" (-which in this case are &lt; and &gt;
respectively.)

And look up the "code" element, you might find it useful.

 

[Neredbojias]

Entities, of course!... Many thanks.

'Welcome. Er, did it work? Subsequent posters seem to be expressing
doubts.

 

[Neredbojias]

And look up the "code" element, you might find it useful.

Okay. I've run across Heredoc references before but know zilch about it.
Perhaps it's something like "pre"...

 

[rf]

Okay. I've run across Heredoc references before but know zilch about it.
Perhaps it's something like "pre"...

It's PHP.

 

[mynameisnobodyodyssea]

Okay.  I've run across Heredoc references before but know zilch about it..  
Perhaps it's something like "pre"...

herodoc syntax is for declaring strings in PHP (or Perl)
for PHP see
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string..syntax.heredoc

If the question was about printing as HTML
to the browser an example with the text
of a PHP script, then escaping the angle brackets as
&lt; or &gt; as you suggested would of course help with printing the
whole text.

I thought the question was about a different thing,
about declaring a string variable in
PHP and printing it to the browser later,
but I do not know the context in which that code is used

 

[Neredbojias]

herodoc syntax is for declaring strings in PHP (or Perl)
for PHP see
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.s
tring.syntax.heredoc

If the question was about printing as HTML
to the browser an example with the text
of a PHP script, then escaping the angle brackets as
&lt; or &gt; as you suggested would of course help with printing the
whole text.

I thought the question was about a different thing,
about declaring a string variable in
PHP and printing it to the browser later,
but I do not know the context in which that code is used

Okay, I grok it. Good explanation. I believe when I ran across it I
decided I didn't want to do anything like that and so expunged it from my
mind, but you (and rf) set me straight.

 

[mrcakey]

'Welcome. Er, did it work? Subsequent posters seem to be expressing
doubts.

Sorry, didn't mean to be rude. In all my experience with PHP I've never had
an issue outputting < and > as is so I was surprised that 'fixed' OP's
issue - looked to me like they'd not enclosed code in PHP tags or maybe
tried to run it on a non-PHP server.

+mrcakey

 

[Neredbojias]

Sorry, didn't mean to be rude. In all my experience with PHP I've
never had an issue outputting < and > as is so I was surprised that
'fixed' OP's issue - looked to me like they'd not enclosed code in PHP
tags or maybe tried to run it on a non-PHP server.

I didn't think you were rude, just expressing doubts. If you _want_ to be
rude, use phrases like "your code is broken", "stop wanting that", and some
of the other gem cliches that float around here.

I viewed the OP's problem from an html perspective, hence the disclaimer
about <<<EOT.