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PHP

James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points
Posted by James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points

Need help with echoing HTML!

Hi there,

I am trying to echo out some HTML however I am struggling to understand where single and double quotes should go. I have tried these so far and the webpage still crashes every time:

echo "<p>" "Date: " . $row["P_Dateadded"] . " Content: " . $row["P_Body"] "</p>";
echo "<p> 'Date: ' . $row['P_Dateadded'] . ' Content: ' . $row['P_Body'] </p>";

This may be completely wrong, I am struggling to get to grips with what should be single and what should be double quotes at the moment!

Thanks, James.

2 Answers

Henrik Hansen
Henrik Hansen
23,176 Points
Henrik Hansen
Henrik Hansen
23,176 Points

When you are creating a string with lots of variables you should use the " ". 

<?

//Fairly easy to read:
$dateAdded = $row["P_Dateadded"]
$pBody = row["P_Body"]

echo "<p>Date: $dateAdded Content: $pBody,</p><br>";

// Single and double quotes are pretty much the same:
echo "<p>Date:" . $dateAdded . 'Content: ' . $pBody . ",</p><br>";

?>

The real difference between them are that in " " $variables will expand, and you can use \n\r for new line.

But using " " in output strings and ' ' in short strings (like for $array['index'] ) is probably pretty common.

Edit:

I saw this line in your question too:

<?

// If your are within one kind of quote, you will have to end it with the same type of quote. This is wrong:
echo "<p> 'Date: ' . $row['P_Dateadded'] . ' Content: ' . $row['P_Body'] </p>";

// This will be a string that reads: I'm into php.
$string = "I'm into php.";

// This will be: She said "Wait!", and I stopped.
$string = 'She said "Wait!", and I stopped.';

?>
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

Best I can tell you are making some mistakes with your concatenation.

your code:

<?php
echo "<p>" "Date: " . $row["P_Dateadded"] . " Content: " . $row["P_Body"] "</p>";

fixed code"

<?php
echo "<p> Date: " . $row["P_Dateadded"] . " Content: " . $row["P_Body"] . "</p>";

Basically you forgot to add "." period between the first p tag and the string "Date" and then forgot one between $row["P_Body"] and the last p tag.