PHP and HTML formatting, super basic question

Question

I got to a phase in my code where I have too much code and too much HTML is depended on the consequences of some server conditions.

I simply want to know, is there any way to get around the:

<?php if (cond) echo '<p class="someclass">some HTML</p>'; ?>

?

I just wish there was something like in C where you can simply go like:

#ifdef x 
    do_a_lot_of_html_stuff;
#endif

All I can see that I can do now is go like:

<?php if (x) require_once("includes/all_needed_part.php"); ?>

Thanks !

The C version isn't any less verbose than the PHP version. You'll encounter this kind of tedium no matter what kind of framework or templating system you use. at some point you just have to bite the keyboard and start typing. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 19:27
Is there anything wrong with doing if ( cond) { ...; ...; ...; ...; }? — Farray
– Farray, Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 19:28

Blender · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:27:12Z

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Not exactly sure what you're asking, so if I am understanding your question correctly, you're looking for a way to print off blocks of HTML with PHP?

<?php if ($a == $b): ?>
  <div>a == b</div>
  <p>a is equal to b</p>
<?php else: ?>
  <div>a != b</div>
  <p>a is not equal to b</p>
<?php endif; ?>

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 19:27

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Blender Over a year ago

No problem. BTW, you can also put <?php blocks inside of the if logic, as I find that to be one of the most useful parts of this whole thing.

Andrew Rasmussen · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:28:07Z

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I generally do it like this:

<?
    function print_heading()
    {
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title><? print_title(); ?></title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="..." />
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="..."></script>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
    <meta name="title" content="<? print_title(); ?>" />
</head>
<?
    }
?>

But I would think that replacing function print_heading() with if (condition) would work too.

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 19:28

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kapex · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:28:49Z

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There's an alternative syntax:

<?php if($x): ?>
do_a_lot_of_html_stuff;
<?php endif; ?>

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 19:28

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Hetal1311 · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-31 18:59:55Z

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You can add HTML between PHP conditions as follows:

<?php 
$a=1;
if($a==1){ ?>
<div>All the HTML Stuffs</div>
<?php } ?>

answered May 31, 2017 at 18:59

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Hetal1311 Over a year ago

Hope it Helps!!

feeela · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:27:55Z

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You may use the alternative syntax for control structures in combination with the heredoc-syntax.

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Sebi · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:28:17Z

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You can do something like:

<?php if( cond ) { ?>
    SECRET!
<?php } ?>

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 19:28

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JonnyReeves · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:29:22Z

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I would recommend that you check out a template engine, many exist for PHP with one of the most mature being Smarty. One of the newer (and cleaner) solutions is Twig, which is employed by the Symphony framework.

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 19:29

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Hugo Cantacuzene · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:31:31Z

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i guess you are at a point in your code where you should use Object Oriented Programming. procedural coding is good but you'll eventually reach the point where there is just to much code in your page.

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 19:31

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Ibrahim Azhar Armar · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:35:37Z

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well you could use a c like syntax and still can do lots of stuff like.

This is typical php approach of using if using c like syntax.

<?php
    if(1==1):
        echo 'i can do lots of stuff here';
        $variable = 'i hold some value';
        $array = array('1','two','three');
    endif;
?>

another way you could implement is by using brackets. for example.

<?php
if(condition) {
   //do some stuff here
} else if(cond) {
   //do another stuff here based on some conditions 
} else if(cond) {
    //you can extend the nested elseif as many times as you like
} else {
    //else execute this.
}
?>

edited Aug 18, 2011 at 19:35

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 19:30

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Joshua · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-18 19:26:49Z

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Guessing you are asking if there are frameworks available for php? The answer is yes, and here is at least one good one: http://cakephp.org/

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 19:26

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feeela Over a year ago

This question was not: "What is your favorite PHP framework? Please advertise it."

Joshua Over a year ago

Not advertising my favorite. Just giving an example off the top of my head.

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