"Ashley Sheridan" <> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 08:08 -0500, tedd wrote:
>> At 4:16 PM -0500 1/10/09, Paul M Foster wrote:
>> >And let me present an alternative perspective. Never do something like:
>> >
>> ><?php echo 'Hellow world'; ?>
>> >
>> >Let Apache (or whatever) interpret HTML as HTML, and don't make it
>> >interpret PHP code as HTML.
>> >
>> >Instead, do:
>> >
>> ><h1>Hello world</h1>
>> >
>> >If you're going to use PHP in the middle of a bunch of HTML, then only
>> >use it where it's needed:
>> >
>> ><h1>Hello <?php echo $name; ?></h1>
>> >
>> >The contents of the PHP $name variable can't be seen by the HTML, which
>> >is why you need to enclose it in a little PHP "island". Naturally, if
>> >you're going to put PHP code in the middle of a HTML page, make the
>> >extension PHP. Otherwise, Apache will not interpret the PHP code as PHP
>> >(unless you do some messing with .htaccess or whatever). It's just
>> >simplest to call a file something.php if it has PHP in it.
>> >
>> >Paul
>> >--
>> >Paul M. Foster
>>
>> Paul:
>>
>> I agree with you. My example was not well thought out. My point was
>> not to mix style elements with data. I should have said:
>>
>> I would consider the following"bad practice":
>>
>> <?php echo("<h1>$whatever</h1>"); ?>
>>
>> Whereas, the following I would consider "good practice".
>>
>> <h1><?php echo("$whatever"); ?></h1>
>>
>> Thanks for keeping me honest.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> tedd
>>
>>
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> Unless it's something like this:
>
> <?php
> echo "<h1 class=\"$headerClass\">$whatever</h1>";
> ?>
>
> Which is unlikely for a header tag, but I know this sort of format gets
> used a lot by me and others, especially for setting alternate row styles
> on tables (damn browsers and not supporting alternate rows!)
>
>
> Ash
> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
Hey Ash...Why don't you just use CSS subclassing?
<style type="text/css">
h1.odd {class stuff here}
h1.even {class stuff here}
</style>
then
<h1 class="odd"><?php echo $whatever; ?></h1>
no escaping, and no need to php your css styles. :)
Frank
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