HTML Within PHP

Occasionally, it becomes necessary to insert a lot of HTML code in a PHP script. A form, for example.

The PHP echo function can be used to publish HTML to a web page. With a lot of HTML, however, there should be a better way.

And there is.

A way to publish a lot of PHP code without using echo is to first end the PHP block, then insert the HTML content, and last open a new PHP block. Example:

<?php
// PHP lines here
?>

<p>
HTML
  content.
</p>

<?php
// More PHP lines
?>

PHP variables can be inserted into the HTML this way:

<?php
$myname = "Will";
?>

<p>
My name 
  is <?php echo($myname) ?>.
</p>

<?php
// More PHP lines
?>

echo good. However, the above method likely will work better for you when publishing lots of HTML content.

Will Bontrager