Alternative to using echo in php?

I am doing some php programming (so I can learn it)

One methode to use html in php is with echo.

For one or two lines, its a good way. But what about a whole page?

Is there a alternative to using echo?

 

Yes, similarly you could use print_r('STUFF HERE'); for a whole page though, I would just escape the PHP and use this:

<?php echo " ?>
all your HTML stuff goes here
<?php "; ?>

Code (markup):

Some of that nature.

 

Its not working. I get

Parse error: parse error, unexpected on that line

 

Whoops, sorry, wrong syntax. Take a look at this page, should help you. http://us3.php.net/echo

 

All you need is

<?php 

//here's my fun php code, where i'm doing lots of stuff

?>

Now just plain jane html here, but i wanted to display a variable, or some other php code, i could do <?php echo substr($myvar, 0, 6) ?> right in the middle of my html.

<?php

//some more php stuff...

?>

Code (markup):

You can also include line returns in your echo statements so you could do this (which is what I think you're asking)

echo "<Table>
<tr>
  <td>
    Title
  </td>
  <td>
     Descrip.
  </td>
  <td>
     Price
  </td>
</tr>
</table>";

Code (markup):

You should only use print_r for testing (seeing what's stored in an array for example). Use echo or print to display anything else.

-the mole

 

print 'hello world';