PHP Echo a large block of text

Question

Im new to PHP and I can't figure out what the rules are for using the echo function. For example, if I need to echo a large block of css/js, do I need to add echo to each line of text or is there a way to echo a large block of code with a single echo?

When I try to echo a big block of code like this one, I get an error:

if (is_single()) { echo '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://jotform.com/css/styles/form.css"/><style type="text/css">  .form-label{ width:150px !important; } .form-label-left{ width:150px !important; } .form-line{ padding:10px; } .form-label-right{ width:150px !important; } body, html{ margin:0; padding:0; background:false; }  .form-all{ margin:0px auto; padding-top:20px; width:650px !important; color:Black; font-family:Verdana; font-size:12px; } </style>   <link href="http://jotform.com/css/calendarview.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />  <script src="http://jotform.com/js/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  <script src="http://jotform.com/js/protoplus.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  <script src="http://jotform.com/js/protoplus-ui.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  <script src="http://jotform.com/js/jotform.js?v3" type="text/javascript"></script>  <script src="http://jotform.com/js/location.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  <script src="http://jotform.com/js/calendarview.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  <script type="text/javascript">   JotForm.init(function(){ $('input_6').hint('ex: [email protected]'); }); </script>'; }else {  } 

Is there a better way to echo large blocks of code without a lot of work (adding echo to each line for example)?

Answer 1

Heredoc syntax can be very useful:

// start the string with 3 <'s and then a word // it doesn't have to be any particular string or length // but it's common to make it in all caps. echo <<< EOT     in here is your string     it has the same variable substitution rules     as a double quoted string.     when you end it, put the indicator word at the     start of the line (no spaces before it)     and put a semicolon after it EOT; 

Answer 2

One option is to get out of the php block and just write HTML.

With your code, after the opening curly brace of your if statement, end the PHP:

if (is_single()) { ?> 

Then remove the echo ' and the ';

After all your html and css, before the closing }, write:

<? } else { 

If the text you want to write to the page is dynamic, it gets a little trickier, but for now this should work fine.