body tag...different. Cant add tables

1MileCrash · August 25, 2005, 08:53:31 PM

Ending the php session in the <head> got me

<?
echo"
</head>
<body>";

rather than the normal

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</head>
<body>',

or whatever.

I think that's related to why this

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<?
echo"
</head>
<body><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" class="top_image" height="15"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" class="headerimg" height="43"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%">";

gives me a parse error, while this

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</head>
<body><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" class="top_image" height="15"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" class="headerimg" height="43"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%">',

doesnt..

So....why? And how can i fix it?

[Unknown] · August 26, 2005, 01:24:19 AM

I'd really suggest avoiding using that. <?php and ?> are nice, but they incur a penalty. It's better just to use echo.

Anyway, remember... it's just like quotes! This:

?>....<?php

They must match in pairs. Another example:

?>Hi, how're you? My name<?php if (false) { ?>(this won't ever be shown)<?php } ?> is Hector.<?php

But, really, it looks nicer - to me, at least - like this:

echo 'Hi, how\'re you? My name';
if (false)
echo '(this won\'t ever be shown)';
echo ' is Hector.';

They are equivalent, except the echo one might be a little faster, based on benchmarks. In SMF, the ENTIRE FILE is in PHP by default. It looks like this:

<?php

// ... the file here ... //

?>

Here are some examples:

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echo 'Hi, my name is <?php echo 'Hector.';?>';

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echo 'Hi, my name is ?>Hector.<?php

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echo 'Hi, my name is '; ?>Hector.<?php

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echo 'Hi, my name is Hector.';

In all cases, every PHP line must be valid. If you want to leave the PHP part, you can - but make sure everything is fine and dandy first.

I suggest using a text editor, like ConTEXT, which highlights PHP code. A higlighter can help you identify where you may have made a mistake.

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1MileCrash · August 26, 2005, 05:23:30 PM

thanks again. Im still learning php.

. Ill get one of my friends to read over it and tell me what i can do differently/better.

Anyway, the problem dissapeared after putting \'s before all of the " in the table attributes.

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body tag...different. Cant add tables

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