Help using php within HTML

[sac0o01]

I am working on a chatbox script and am using html to set the colors for the text. 

 

First in config.php I define the values for the colors:

//Name color (sets color of name in messages)
  $nametextcolor = "6b9c69";
  
  //Message text color (sets color of messages)
  $messagetextcolor = "FF9900";

 

Then I use the variables in the html code:

<div class="<? echo $class; ?>" style="background-color:<? echo $bgcolor; ?>">
		<font color="<? echo $nametextcolor; ?>" >  <? echo $name; ?>:      </font>
		<font color="<? echo $messagetextcolor; ?>" > <? echo $text; ?></font>
		</div>

 

The problem is it does not change the color of $name only change the return for $text

 

Is there something I am missing here?

[QuickOldCar]

I tried your code and I see both colors, not sure why it wouldn't work for you.

 

Some things you should know:

The <font> tag is deprecated in HTML 4, and removed from HTML5.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has removed the <font> tag from its recommendations.

In HTML 4, style sheets (CSS) should be used to define the layout and display properties for many HTML elements.

 

You should be using full php tags and not short, use <?php versus <?

 

A few helpful places to start learning css:

http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/011/firstcss.en.html

http://www.tizag.com/cssT/

http://www.csstutorial.net/

http://htmlhelp.com/reference/css/

http://www.alistapart.com/topics/code/css/

http://www.cssbasics.com/

http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/categories/css/

http://www.htmldog.com/

http://www.barelyfitz.com/screencast/html-training/css/positioning/

http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

 

[plznty]

font colors start with a #

for example

 

#FFFFFF

[Drummin]

Don't use short tags, <? ?>  Use full tags, <?php ?>