Use multiple echos or one echo?

[sean04]

This might be a stupid question but what is a better practice?

echo"
<b>
<img src''>
</b>";

echo"<b>";
echo"<img src''>";
echo"</b>";

 

[Zane]

Personally, for chunks of HTML code, I like to use Heredocs.

 

echo 
     
     
           Gotta love the tabs/whitespace
     

MYHTML;

[Jessica]

I think it's a personal preference.  For the code you posted, I'd actually do

 

?>
<strong><img src="img.jpg" /></strong>
<?php

Which actually still makes little sense semantically, why are you bolding an image?

 

If there's more HTML than PHP, I exit the PHP if I can. If not, one long variable. Lately I've been using more Heredocs as well. It really depends on your code design and what you're attempting. Someone probably can say "THIS IS BEST" but it won't always be so.

[sean04]

Thanks Zanus and jesirose for the reply. I think I'll try Heredocs.

 

As for why I would bold an image, I wouldn't I posted a bad example lol.

 

Thanks again,

Sean