if inside an echo

[cmb]

how can i put an if statement inside an echo this is what i want to do

<?php
echo "<li> <a  class='thumb' href='../images/Sections/pinkpanthers/" . $year . "/" . $sessions . "/" . $day . "/" . $y . ".jpg' title=''>
<img src='../images/Sections/pinkpanthers/" . $year . "/" . $sessions . "/" . $day . "/thumbs/" . $y . ".jpg ' /></a><div class='caption'>
<div	class='download'><a href='../images/Sections/pinkpanthers/" . $year . "/" . $sessions . "/" . $day . "/big/" . $y . ".jpg ' target='_blank' />Download</a>
</div><div class='image-desc'>" . if ($count == 1){echo "<a href='tag.php?tag=$name'" . $name . ">" . $name . "</a>";}if ($count > 1){$z = 0;$w = $count - 1;while ($z <= $w){$p = $multi[$z];echo "<a href='tag.php?tag=$p'" . $p . ">" . $p . "</a>";$z++;}} . "</div></div></li>";
?>

all the code works wright up until i added the if statements in the last little bit

[chriscloyd]

Cant, I think the best way would be to run the statement before the echo and then add the variable. 

Also if you are using echo "";

you can add a var easy if you do echo "{$varname}"; instead of the ". $var ."

[cmb]

how would i do this while part

<?php
$z = 0;
$w = $count - 1;
while ($z <= $w){
$p = $multi[$z];
$keys = "<a href='tag.php?tag=$p'" . $p . ">" . $p . "</a>";
$z++;
}
?>

because how i have it now it only shows 1 of the keywords not all of them

[cmb]

i just broke up the echo so i could write this code here like this

<?php
while ($y <= $x){									
        $name = $tags[ $y . '.jpg'];
$multi = explode(',',$name);
$count = count($multi);
echo "<li> <a  class='thumb' href='../images/Sections/pinkpanthers/" . $year . "/" . $sessions . "/" . $day . "/" . $y . ".jpg' title=''><img src='../images/Sections/pinkpanthers/" . $year . "/" . $sessions . "/" . $day . "/thumbs/" . $y . ".jpg ' /></a><div class='caption'><div	class='download'><a href='../images/Sections/pinkpanthers/" . $year . "/" . $sessions . "/" . $day . "/big/" . $y . ".jpg ' target='_blank' />Download</a></div><div class='image-desc'>";
if ($count == 1){
	echo "<a href='tag.php?tag=$name'" . $name . ">" . $name . "</a>";
}
if ($count > 1){
	$z = 0;
	$w = $count - 1;
	while ($z <= $w){
		$p = $multi[$z];
		echo "<a href='tag.php?tag=$p'" . $p . ">" . $p . "</a> ";
		$z++;
	}
}
echo "</div></div></li>";
$y ++  ;	
}

?>