php inside html inside a php variable help?

[Lucky2710]

i have a form that i only want to display between certain dates. So I'm calling a variable with the form inside it. but parts of the form are php controlled.

 

am i going to have to echo all the html or is there a way to put php inside html inside the variable.

 

Heres my code so u can see what I'm trying to do.

$form = ('<h3><em style="color: #F00"> <?php echo $wk;?> <?php echo $wknum;?> </em></h3>
            <form name="ACC_wk1" method="post" action="cfb_acc_picks_process.php">
              <p><br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game1" value="<?php echo ($away[0]);?>" ">
                  <?php echo ($away[0]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game1" value="<?php echo ($home[0]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[0]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game2" value="<?php echo ($away[1]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[1]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game2" value="<?php echo ($home[1]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[1]);?></label>
              </p>
              <p>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game3" value="<?php echo ($away[2]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[2]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game3" value="<?php echo ($home[2]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[2]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game4" value="<?php echo ($away[3]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[3]);?> </label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game4" value="<?php echo ($home[3]);?>" >
                 <?php echo ($home[3]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game5" value="<?php echo ($away[4]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[4]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game5" value="<?php echo ($home[4]);?>" >
                 <?php echo ($home[4]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game6" value="<?php echo ($away[5]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[5]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game6" value="<?php echo ($home[5]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[5]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game7" value="<?php echo ($away[6]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[6]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game7" value="<?php echo ($home[6]);?>" >
                 <?php echo ($home[6]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game8" value="<?php echo ($away[7]);?>" >
                 <?php echo ($away[7]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game8" value="<?php echo ($home[11]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[7]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game9" value="<?php echo ($away[8]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[8]);?> </label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game9" value="<?php echo ($home[11]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[8]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game10" value="<?php echo ($away[9]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[9]);?> </label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game10" value="<?php echo ($home[11]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[9]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game11" value="<?php echo ($away[10]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[10]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game11" value="<?php echo ($home[11]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[10]);?></label>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game12" value="<?php echo ($away[11]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($away[11]);?></label>
                at
                <label>
                  <input type="radio" name="game12" value="<?php echo ($home[11]);?>" >
                  <?php echo ($home[11]);?></label>
                <br>
                <br>
                <label>
                  <input type="reset" name="button" id="button" value="Reset">
                </label>
                <label>
                  <input type="submit" name="button2" id="button2" value="Submit">
                </label>
                <br>
              </p>
            </form>');


$date =("now");
if ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('18 July 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('2 September 2010')){$wknum = '1'; $formDisplay = $form; $wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('6 September 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('11 September 2010')){$wknum = '2';$formDisplay = $form; $wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('11 September 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('16 September 2010')){$wknum = '3';$formDisplay = $form; $wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('18 September 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('23 September 2010')){$wknum = '4';$formDisplay = $form; $wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('25 September 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('2 October 2010')){$wknum = '5';$formDisplay = $form; $wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('2 October 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('9 October 2010')){$wknum = '6';$formDisplay = $form; $wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('9 October 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('16 October 2010')){$wknum = '7';$formDisplay = $form;$wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('16 October 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('23 October 2010')){$wknum = '8';$formDisplay = $form;$wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('23 October 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('28 October 2010')){$wknum = '9';$formDisplay = $form;$wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('30 October 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('4 November 2010')){$wknum = '10';$formDisplay = $form;$wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('6 November 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('13 November 2010')){$wknum = '11';$formDisplay = $form;$wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('13 November 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('20 November 2010')){$wknum = '12';$formDisplay = $form;$wk = "Week";}
elseif ( strtotime($date) > strtotime('20 November 2010') && strtotime($date) < strtotime('27 November 2010')){$wknum = '13';$formDisplay = $form;$wk = "Week";}
else{$formDisplay = $wk = " "; $formDisplay = ("<br><br><h2>Picks For this week are final!</h2> <br><br><br> Check Back Later To Make Your Picks For Next Week");}


$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ACC_Games_Table WHERE Week_Number='$wknum'");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
    	$away[] =  $row->Away;
	$home[] =  $row->Home;
}

 

 

Thanks

[AbraCadaver]

The way you're doing it may not be the best way, but:

 

eval("?>$form");

[webmaster1]

I'm no expert myself but that seems like an unnecessarily complicated approach. Here's what I suggest instead:

 

1) Whatever the conditions are for the form appearing, create a variable and define it as TRUE. Here's the code. I've tested it for you.

 

<?php
// Add this to the end of whatever if/else statement you're using to prompt the form to appear. e.g. if isset
// If the the form is submitted...
if (isset($_POST['somebutton']))
{
// Create the triggerform variable and define it as TRUE.
$triggerform = TRUE;
}
//
?>
<html>
<body>
Some content here..<br>
Some content here..<br>
Some content here...<br>
<form name="someform" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<input type="submit" name="somebutton" value="Trigger the form"><br>
</form>
<?php 
// If the triggerform variable is TRUE...
if ($triggerform)
{
echo "
<br>
<br>
<strong>Paste your form and php code here!</strong> 
<br>
<br>
";
}
?>
Some content here..<br>
Some content here..<br>
Some content here..
</body>
</html>

 

2) Remember that you can only use single quotes within the double quotes of this echo. e.g. style='color: #F00' but not style="color: #F00". The double quotes open and close the echo string.

 

3) The above example requires the posting of a button which may reset/erase whatever other forms you may be simultaneously using. This is beginning to sound a lot more like something you should be doing with JavaScript:

 

http://www.cssnewbie.com/showhide-content-css-javascript/

[Lucky2710]

thanks for yalls help