-----Original Message-----
From: Sheila Fenelon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:35 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: php and css tables
Trusz, Andrew wrote:
> What does turn out to
> work is just to drop the quotes in the embedded style sheet. So both of
> these work:
>
> <table width="$main_table_width" align="center" valign="center"
> border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"
> bgcolor="$main_table_border_color">
>
> and:
>
> <style type="text/css">
> table{border:1px solid $main_table_border_color;
> text-align:center;width:600px; margin-left:auto;
> margin-right:auto;}
> </style>
>
> I remain confused as to why quotes and not quotes. I do understand why
echo
> doesn't work.
Without seeing more of the script I can only assume that it uses the
HEREDOC syntax to output HTML
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string
.syntax.heredoc
Something like
echo <<<STYLE
<style type="text/css">
table{border:1px solid $main_table_border_color;
text-align:center;width:600px; margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;}
</style>
STYLE;
echo <<<HTML
<table width="$main_table_width" align="center" valign="center"
border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"
bgcolor="$main_table_border_color">
HTML;
With HEREDOCs, the variables are interpreted and the values they store
are echoed. Whether quotes are needed or not needed depends on the
syntax rules for HTML. In the style sheet they are not used and in the
table tag they are not strictly required or could be single quotes.
Placing quotes in the style definition breaks the syntax rules for
HTML/CSS.
Sheila
Yep it uses HERE. And if any of these messages actually do get posted today
(running almost 3 hrs behind when I wrote the last one before it was posted
-- problem at our end not wdvl) you'll see I remembered what an attribute is
so I've figured out the why of it.
You taught me better than that, I just don't always remember as well or in a
timely fashion.
drew
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