HEREDOC help

[Scooby08]

Could somebody let me know if this is the correct way to do this? It seems like it's not right because the closing javascript tag seems to escape the <<<EOF..

 

<?php
$test = "value";

return <<<EOF
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
some javascript
-->
</script>
<form>
<input type="text" value="$test" />
</form>
EOF;
}
?>

 

Would I want the input line to be like it is, or like this:

 

<input type="text" value="<?=$test;?>" />

 

[Philip]

<?php
$test = "value";

echo <<<EOF
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
some javascript
-->
</script>
<form>
<input type="text" value="$test" />
</form>
EOF;
?>

 

Works just fine - outputs the correct code in the page source

[Philip]

In regards to your edit:

 

You don't need to do <?php ?> tags, because heredoc is a type of string and will parse variables automatically. See the example on the php.net page:

 

<?php
$str = <<<EOD
Example of string
spanning multiple lines
using heredoc syntax.
EOD;

/* More complex example, with variables. */
class foo
{
    var $foo;
    var $bar;

    function foo()
    {
        $this->foo = 'Foo';
        $this->bar = array('Bar1', 'Bar2', 'Bar3');
    }
}

$foo = new foo();
$name = 'MyName';

echo <<<EOT
My name is "$name". I am printing some $foo->foo.
Now, I am printing some {$foo->bar[1]}.
This should print a capital 'A': \x41
EOT;
?>

 

Will output:

My name is "MyName". I am printing some Foo.

Now, I am printing some Bar2.

This should print a capital 'A': A