php string - heredoc syntax

[desiboy]

its very basic, but not many use it ..

<?php
$var1 = "KWWHunction";
$string1 = <<< EOD
I am a bot <br /> 
I <3 $var1 <br />
I need not be escaped , let's test <br />
EOD;
echo $string1;
?>

EOD stands for end of data

Advantages : no need to escape quotes in the string itself..

I donno about the disadvantages.. if you know any , please post it here

desiboy Reviewed by desiboy on 3rd Nov 2010. php string - heredoc syntax its very basic, but not many use it .. <?php $var1 = "KWWHunction"; $string1 = <<< EOD I am a bot <br /> I <3 $var1 <br /> I need not be escaped , let's test <br /> EOD; Rating: 5

[timtamboy63]

The only reason I don't use it is that it looks damn wierd compared to the rest of PHP syntax, and kinda throws me off.

[rapidgen]

i find it a lot easier to use, compared to breaking in and out of html<->php all the time, which to me looks messy.
i haven't found any disadvantage to EOD yet, apart from when I wanted to run a php function from inside the EOD area, i had to put braces around the code {$phpobject->run()}, other than that it seems to work smoothly for just about every scenario i could imagine.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...syntax.heredoc

[desiboy]

btw..

<?php
$var1 = "KWWHunction";
$string1 = <<< KWWHUNCTION
I am a bot <br /> 
I <3 $var1 <br />
I need not be escaped , let's test <br />
KWWHUNCTION;
echo $string1;
?>

will work