Problem with calling vairables in the middle of html

blargalarg · July 30, 2008

Hi all.

I used to use php pretty regularly in my spare time, but that was years ago and it seems like I've lost all my pertinent knowledge, so I'm asking for some help here. Please. Pretty please.

I'm trying to make a php script that will speed up web page creation. The first page has several forms that pass data to the php script (name of the page, defining links, etc). I've remembered how to force php to insert HTML to a file, my current problem is that I need to insert some variables into the middle of the HTML repeatedly. ie: the file name occurs several times over the scope of the final webpage. I can't remember how to do this.

Do I end the php and start again every time I need to call a previously used variable? I'm lost. Here's my code:

<?php

$suite = $_POST['suite'] ;

$quad = $_POST['quad'] ;

$floor = $_POST['floor'] ;

$unit1 = $_POST['unit1'] ;

$unit2 = $_POST['unit2'] ;

$unit3 = $_POST['unit3'] ;

$unit4 = $_POST['unit4'] ;

$unit5 = $_POST['unit5'] ;

$filename = "$suite.html";

$fh = fopen($filename, 'w') or die("can't open file");

$input = '

<html>

<head>

<title>Paradise Village Office Park</title>

</head>

<body>

Paradise Village Office Park

<br/>

Plaza East Quadrant - Suite ';

//Here is where I want to include the '$suite' variable again before sending more html to the page

fwrite($fh, $input);

fclose($fh);

?>

DarkWater · July 30, 2008

You're using single quotes, and variables don't work in single quotes. That could be your problem.

blargalarg · July 30, 2008

Thanks for the reply!

When I insert it in double quotes it gives me an error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/parse.php on line 55

When I end it with a semicolon it fails to write the variable to the file. And when I include the variable in the fwrite, it makes the file but fails to write anything to it [ie: fwrite($fh, $input, $suite);]

here's the code I used:

<?php

$suite = $_POST['suite'] ;

$quad = $_POST['quad'] ;

$floor = $_POST['floor'] ;

$unit1 = $_POST['unit1'] ;

$unit2 = $_POST['unit2'] ;

$unit3 = $_POST['unit3'] ;

$unit4 = $_POST['unit4'] ;

$unit5 = $_POST['unit5'] ;

$filename = "$suite.html";

$fh = fopen($filename, 'w') or die("can't open file");

$input = '

<html>

<head>

<title>Paradise Village Office Park</title>

</head>

<body>

Paradise Village Office Park

Plaza East Quadrant - Suite ';

"$suite"

fwrite($fh, $input);

fclose($fh);

?>

DarkWater · July 30, 2008

No no no. Put the whole string in double quotes and escape all of the other ". Or use sprintf() to get the values in. Or use single quotes to concatenate like this:

$input = '<html>

<head>

<title>Paradise Village Office Park</title>

</head>

<body>

Paradise Village Office Park

Plaza East Quadrant - Suite

' . $suite ;

sasa · July 30, 2008

google for heredoc

blargalarg · July 30, 2008

Worked like a champ, DarkWater. Thank you very much for baby-stepping me through it.

One final question:

I'd like to add more html past that $suite variable. Do I need the period and then the new variable?

ie:

$input = '<html>

<head>

<title>Paradise Village Office Park</title>

</head>

<body>

Paradise Village Office Park

Plaza East Quadrant - Suite

' . $suite .

$input2 = '<more html>' .;

DarkWater · July 30, 2008

Sasa, heredocs are ugly. D: Anyway, do:

$input = '<html>

<head>

<title>Paradise Village Office Park</title>

</head>

<body>

Paradise Village Office Park

Plaza East Quadrant - Suite

' . $suite . 'some more HTML

<b>Blah blah blah</b>Lol';

revraz · July 30, 2008

You could always just append to the variable too, may make it easier to keep track of, or use Double Quotes around the string with single quotes inside.

DarkWater · July 30, 2008

There are tons of ways to do it.

blargalarg · July 30, 2008

You guys are champs. I appreciate all the help. DarkWater, your solution worked. I've run into another snag with the new bit of code I'm trying to insert. Is it because it's javascript?

<?php

$suite = $_POST['suite'] ;

$quad = $_POST['quad'] ;

$floor = $_POST['floor'] ;

$unit1 = $_POST['unit1'] ;

$unit2 = $_POST['unit2'] ;

$unit3 = $_POST['unit3'] ;

$unit4 = $_POST['unit4'] ;

$unit5 = $_POST['unit5'] ;

$filename = "$suite.html";

$fh = fopen($filename, 'w') or die("can't open file");

$input = '<html>

<head>

<title>Paradise Village Office Park</title>

</head>

<body>

Paradise Village Office Park

\<br>

Plaza East Quadrant - Suite ' . $suite . '

<br/>

Security Title

nvval = "<ILONWEB FUNC=ShowValue type=text SYMBOL=NVE_TS_1101 size=10></ILONWEB>";

if (nvval == "100.0 1"){

document.write('OCCUPIED');}

else{

document.write('UNOCCUPIED');}

</script>

</h1>

</div>

</div>

<form method="GET" action="

';

fwrite($fh, $input);

fclose($fh);

?>

DarkWater · July 30, 2008

It's because of the ' inside of the javascript function calls. Change any ' to \' in the Javascript.

blargalarg · July 30, 2008

I don't suppose you live in Phoenix, DarkWater... I'd like to buy you a beer.

DarkWater · July 30, 2008

Nope, New York. Too bad I can't buy a beer for myself on your behalf. Well actually there's this beer store in another town that supposedly does sell to minors (at least what I've heard) but whatever. =P Let's not get into that.

unkwntech · July 30, 2008

Coding PHP and CSS+(X)HTML: 5-6 years

AND STILL A MINOR?

OY, I'm going to be put out of business by my own children.

DarkWater · July 30, 2008

Damn straight. xD

blargalarg · July 30, 2008

Get 'em, Dark!

Thanks again for the help. It gave me the fundamentals I'd forgotten and has allowed me to troubleshoot the rest of my code.

rhodesa · July 30, 2008

the ob_* functions would make this a lot easier. then you don't have to worry about escaping characters:

<?php
  $suite = $_POST['suite'] ;
  $quad = $_POST['quad'] ;
  $floor = $_POST['floor'] ;
  $unit1 = $_POST['unit1'] ;
  $unit2 = $_POST['unit2'] ;
  $unit3 = $_POST['unit3'] ;
  $unit4 = $_POST['unit4'] ;
  $unit5 = $_POST['unit5'] ;

  ob_start();
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Paradise Village Office Park</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" >
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" >
</head>
<body>
<div id="doc" class="yui-t6">
<div id="hd">
<div id="header"><h1>
Paradise Village Office Park
\

Plaza East Quadrant - Suite <?php echo $suite; ?>




Security Title

<script language="JavaScript">
nvval = "<ILONWEB FUNC=ShowValue type=text SYMBOL=NVE_TS_1101 size=10></ILONWEB>";      
if (nvval == "100.0 1"){
document.write('OCCUPIED');}
else{
document.write('UNOCCUPIED');}
</script>
   
</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="bd">
<div id="yui-main">
<div class="yui-b">

<div class="content"></br>[/url]<img src="../../images/E-P111.jpg" width="500" height="418"></div>

</div>
</div>
<div class="yui-b">
<div id="secondary">
etc, etc,
<?php
  $input = ob_get_clean();

  $filename = "$suite.html";
  $fh = fopen($filename, 'w') or die("can't open file");
  fwrite($fh, $input);
  fclose($fh);
?>

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