echo html in php with input value as php variable

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I am very new to PHP and can't seem to get the following to work. Any help would be appreciated. I am trying to echo a HTML input field and set the value to a variable.

echo "<input type='hidden' name='item_name' value='<?php echo $one.$two; ?>'>" ;

What's wrong with this? When I inspect it on the page it does not show the value of the variable.

echo "<input type='hidden' name='item_name' value='" . $one.$two . "'>" ; — WillardSolutions
– WillardSolutions, Commented May 26, 2016 at 19:27
The main problem is that you're already executing PHP when you do the first echo, so opening another <?php within the string you're echoing doesn't make sense. — Don't Panic
– Don't Panic, Commented May 26, 2016 at 19:32

hemnath mouli · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-26 19:28:05Z

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You must do like this

echo "<input type='hidden' name='item_name' value='".$one.$two."'>" ;

Strings and variables are connected with .

answered May 26, 2016 at 19:28

hemnath mouli

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Mo Star Over a year ago

Thanks for this I tried everything this was driving me crazy even after your answer I could not get it to work. I did not know that string concatenation required the dots in php. Thanks for your help. It turned out the variables were empty anyway that is why I could not see them.

hemnath mouli Over a year ago

What we are doing here is separating html as string and attaching it to the PHP variables.

Mueyiwa Moses Ikomi · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-26 20:14:38Z

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 echo '
  <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="'.$one.$two.'">';

I like to echo html using single quotes so input values can use doubles.

edited May 26, 2016 at 20:14

answered May 26, 2016 at 20:09

Mueyiwa Moses Ikomi

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