Commenting Out Code (noob)

[contiw]

Short of deleting, how do I comment out code like this :

 

<!-- IF not S_DISPLAY_RECENT -->
    <!-- INCLUDE portal/block/recent.html -->
<!-- ENDIF -->

 

Nesting <!-- -->

/*...*/

//

 

do not work.

 

Thanks

[joel24]

/* and */ works.

/* <!-- IF not S_DISPLAY_RECENT -->
    <!-- INCLUDE portal/block/recent.html -->
<!-- ENDIF --> */

 

//or you can comment out a single line like this

[contiw]

Thanks Joel.

No, /*... */ and //, do not work.

The file is an .html, but I don't think there is a difference.

 

I have been told that some code do not work well when using IIS server instead of Apache, for example (I am working on local).

Could it be the case ?

 

 

[joel24]

/* and // are to comment out text in a PHP file, commenting out in PHP and HTML files is completely different.

the commenting out you posted was correct for html:

<!-- IF not S_DISPLAY_RECENT -->
    <!-- INCLUDE portal/block/recent.html -->
<!-- ENDIF -->

 

Although I don't see what you're trying to do? HTML hasn't the ability to process IF and INCLUDE statements...

[Pikachu2000]

Actually, HTML does have an IF syntax for IE's little, umm, idiosyncrasies.

[contiw]

Joel, now I am really confused :

 

The file is an .html.

This is php code inside the html:

<!-- IF not S_DISPLAY_RECENT -->
    <!-- INCLUDE portal/block/recent.html -->
<!-- ENDIF -->

[joel24]

you can't run php code in a html file, only the other way around - echoing HTML from a PHP file

[JasonLewis]

Joel, now I am really confused :

 

The file is an .html.

This is php code inside the html:

<!-- IF not S_DISPLAY_RECENT -->
    <!-- INCLUDE portal/block/recent.html -->
<!-- ENDIF -->

 

And that's not PHP code. That is 3 HTML comments.