Is there a way to echo an echo command?

[nesiak]

Is this possible ?

 

(for those of you who don't understand what am i trying to ask:

<?php echo '<?php echo "This is what i'm trying to do!"; ?>'; ?>

)

[SirChick]

the result will show:

 

<?php echo "This is what i'm trying to do!"; ?>

 

 

NOT

 

This is what I'm trying to do!

 

 

 

 

 

If that is what you want it to do ? Or did you want to get the latter?

[nesiak]

yes but that result will not be shown as php code.

 

In the view source window that php code is shown and is in italics.

 

I want to echo that text....

 

<?php echo '<?php echo "This is what i'm trying to do!"; ?>'; ?>

[wildteen88]

use htmlentities:

<?php echo htmlentities('<?php echo "This is what i\'m trying to do!"; ?>'); ?>

[nesiak]

I'm sorry but that doesn't do the trick.

 

It just prints out that code ( as text ?)

[micah1701]

then what are you asking? what final result are you looking for?

[NArc0t1c]

Eval function maybe?

<?php echo eval('echo \'hello\'; '); ?>

 

[MadTechie]

i think you need to re-praise the question..

 

whats the goal?

 

as wildteen88 solution is what i thought you wanted!

 

either that or you wish parse code from another source, e.g. you have some "text" in a database and what that to be executable.. if thats the case then you could use eval.

ie

<?php
$code = 'echo "testing";';
eval($code);
?> 

[nesiak]

No matter i was just complicating things.

 

I fixed it without using that other echo command....