When to close and open the php tags...

[qrahaman]

Hello,

 

I'm having a bit of trouble with the following:

 

<?php echo htmlentities('<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory');?>/images/my-image.png" / rel="nofollow">'); ?>

 

As you can see, I am trying to use php to call the template directory but it isn't being recognized as a php statement.  I'm new to php and I'm pretty certain my syntax is not right.  Can someone provide a bit of guidance?  Thank you.

 

Quint

[ManiacDan]

You cannot "nest" PHP tags.  You can only open PHP tags if the previous one has been closed.

 

You want to research string concatenation.  This is correct:

 

<?php echo htmlentities('<img src="' . bloginfo('template_directory') . '/images/my-image.png" rel="nofollow" />'); ?>

-Dan

 

[Psycho]

I'd also add that trying to do too many things in one line of code can be confusing to the point of any possible efficiencies are outweighed by the inability to read/manage the code. I would probably do somethign such as:

 

<?php
$blogInfo = bloginfo('template_directory');
echo htmlentities('<img src="' . $blogInfo . '/images/my-image.png" / rel="nofollow">');
?>

 

Although, you do realize that the above will not be a hyperlink because of the htmlentities, right?

[ManiacDan]

Note that your HTML tag had a random / in the middle for no reason.  I fixed it in my code (moved it to the end) but mj did not.  Be careful with the syntax.

 

-Dan

[qrahaman]

Awesome question!  I'm sure you know what the answer is.     

 

And the difference comes down to bloginfo() vs get_bloginfo(). 

 

Thank you so much for your help!

 

P.S. Thanks Dan for the clarification.