Mixing PHP and HTML output in an ECHO 1

[cutley]

I cannot believe I haven't run into this until now. Take a look at what I'm trying to do:

echo &quot;<option value=$my_office[office_id] <? if ($office == $my_office[office_id]) echo \&quot;selected\&quot;; ?>>$my_office[office_name]&quot;;

The embedded PHP shows up in the HTML source, instead of executing. So you will see the following when you view source:
<? if ($office == $my_office[office_id]) echo \&quot;selected\&quot;; ?>

I have tried escaping various characters with no success. Is this even possible without breaking it up into multiple ECHO's?

Thanks in advance.

 

[4x4uk]

If you run the if statement first then do your echo then you won't need to do what I think is impossible
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[BDC2]

Your statement is a PHP one, so technically your trying PHP within PHP!

You could break up your statement into separate echos or you could test with your If statement first and echo he whole line with or(else) without the &quot;selected&quot;.
BDC.

 

[SPYDERIX]

Hi,

You are re-opening a new php section within a php section.

You should do something like this:

echo &quot;<option value=\&quot;&quot; . $my_office[office_id] . &quot;\&quot;&quot;;
if ($office == $my_office[office_id])
{
echo &quot;SELECTED&quot;;
}
echo &quot;NAME=\&quot;&quot; . $my_office[office_name] . &quot;\&quot;\n&quot;;

That should work. You can also do it this way too:

<OPTION VALUE=&quot;<? echo $my_office[office_id]; ?>&quot; <? if ($office == $my_office[office_id]) { echo &quot;SELECTED&quot;; }?> NAME=&quot;<? echo $my_office[office_name];?>&quot;>

Hope this helps!

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