I'm new to PHP and I was wondering which is the ideal method to turn the text in the else statement below into code. I think my old way to escape every quote with a \" seems not to be the best way so how would you do it?
<?php
if (strlen($finalArray['Lat']) <= 0){
}
else
{
<a name="openframe"></a>
Loc: <br/>
<a href="#xmap" onclick="spoiliut('pmap');" title="<?php echo $finalArray['Name']; ?>" target="_self"><strong> <?php echo $finalArray['Name']; ?> </strong>
</a>
?>
Thanks for tips.
Two options, the first looks like: (It works because if statements carry between php tags)
<?php
if (strlen($finalArray['Lat']) <= 0)
{
}
else
{
?>
<a name="openframe"></a>
Loc: <br/>
<a href="#xmap" onclick="spoiliut('pmap');" title="<?php echo $finalArray['Name']; ?>" target="_self"><strong> <?php echo $finalArray['Name']; ?> </strong>
</a>
<?php
}
?>
And the second is the Heredoc syntax
It looks like:
<?php
if (strlen($finalArray['Lat']) <= 0)
{
}
else
{
echo <<<EOF
<a name="openframe"></a>
Loc: <br/>
<a href="#xmap" onclick="spoiliut('pmap');" title="{$finalArray['Name']}" target="_self"><strong> {$finalArray['Name']} </strong>
</a>
EOF;
}
?>
PHP can be mixed with HTML. You could do this:
<?php if (strlen($finalArray['Lat']) <= 0) : ?>
<p>some html</p>
<?php else : ?>
<a name="openframe"></a>
Loc: <br/>
<a href="#xmap" onclick="spoiliut('pmap');" title="<?= $finalArray['Name'] ?>" target="_self"><strong> <?= $finalArray['Name'] ?> </strong>
</a>
<?php endif ; ?>
<?php
if (strlen($finalArray['Lat']) <= 0){
}
else
{
?>
<a name="openframe"></a>
Loc: <br/>
<a href="#xmap" onclick="spoiliut('pmap');" title="<?php echo $finalArray['Name']; ?>" target="_self"><strong> <?php echo $finalArray['Name']; ?> </strong>
</a>
