Displaying HTML within a PHP variable

Question

how would I echo out the $dateSpan1 and $dataSpan2 variable for HTML?

php code:

$dateSpan1 = '<span class=bydatepad>';
$dateSpan2 = '</span>';
$variables['date'] = format_date($variables['node']->created, 'custom', ($dateSpan1 . 'F j, Y' . $dateSpan2 . $dateSpan1 . 'g:i a' . $dateSpan2));
$variables['submitted'] = t('By: ' . ' !username ' . ' !datetime', array('!username' => $variables['name'], '!datetime' => $variables['date']));

current results:

<00pam6 2015-06-15T10:05:00-04:00Mondayam0000=b1515am30America/New_Yorkpam15>June 15, 2015 <00pam6>
<00pam6 2015-06-15T10:05:00-04:00Mondayam0000=b1515am30America/New_Yorkpam15> 10:05 am<00pam6>

results I want:

Display: June 15, 2015 10:05 am 
HTML: <span class=bydatepad>June 15, 2015</span><span class=bydatepad>10:05 am</span>

Sam Jason Braddock · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-08 14:58:00Z

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You should format your date without any html markup, and then add your markup. And by the way add double quotes to html attribs.

$variables['date'] = '<span class="bydatepad">'.format_date(...).'</span>';

answered Oct 8, 2015 at 14:58

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user4580220 · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-08 14:47:34Z

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you can do this with fixed escape chars

$dateSpan1 = '\<span class=bydatepad\>';
$dateSpan2 = '\<\/span\>';

or you can make a function that does it for you.

answered Oct 8, 2015 at 14:47

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Lynch · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-08 14:50:19Z

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echo htmlspecialchars($dateSpan1);

That should do it, just change the variable inside the function depending on what you want to display at that time

answered Oct 8, 2015 at 14:50

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