PHP equivalent to python's triple-quotes - How to print bulk / lots of HTML within PHP without escaping
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php string escaping like python’s “”“ ”“”?
The triple-quotes in python escapes all quotes and newlines contained within. For example,
""" this
is all
just one string. I can even tell you "I like pi".
Notice that the single quotes are escaped - they don't end the string; and the newlines become part of the string
"""
Does anybody know if PHP has an equivalent to python's
""" <form><h1>PUT HTML HERE</h1> </form> """
enter code here
EDIT: For those looking at this question in the future, I have answered it, here is an example:
$heading = "Heading Gettizburgz";
print <<< END
<p><h1>$heading</h1> "in quotes" 'in single'
Four score and seven years ago<br/>
our fathers set onto this continent<br/>
(and so on ...)<br/>
</p>
END;
prints:
Heading Gettizburgz
"in quotes" 'in single' Four score and seven years ago
our fathers set onto this continent
(and so on ...)
Note one important thing, you must make sure that the very last END is to the far left (fist column) of your code without ANY spaces before it.
source: http://alvinalexander.com/blog/post/php/php-here-document-heredoc-syntax-examples
Answer
You can use heredocs or nowdocs (see below heredocs).
Heredoc
$bar = <<<EOT
bar
EOT;
Nowdoc
$str = <<<'EOD'
Example of string
spanning multiple lines
using nowdoc syntax.
EOD;