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Re: [PHP] "here" document From: Hans H. Anderson (me <email protected>)
Date: 07/14/00

> The difference is that the "here document" function in Perl is used to embed
> HTML in the Perl file. PHP is the other way around. It's not HTML embedded
> in a Php file, it's Php embedded in an HTML file. Personally, I like it
> better this way. With this ability, I can't see any need for perls "here
> document" function. This was is easier.

In addition to the mentioned

print <<<HERE

My name is <a href="$site">$name</a>

HERE

as opposed to

My name is <a href="<?php print $site; ?>"><?php print $name; ?></a>

It would be good for writing files. Sometimes I need to output HTML
files, and there is a lot of escaping of double-quotes. This sort of
syntax would eliminate that necessity, too.

This is time-consuming:

$file = "

My name is <a href=\"$site\">$name</a>

";

My fingers no like \"!

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