[PHP] Echo in an echo?

[Beau]

To be honest, I'd be tempted to just end the PHP tag and use standard HTML. It's much cleaner, and if you're using an IDE, you're going to be able to see your variables much easier.

[Blinger1]

// We haven't pressed edit profile, so lets edit it!
    
        // Get some information out of the database
        $getuser = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM members WHERE id = '$_SESSION[user_id]' ") or die(mysql_error());
        // Get the information into an array
        $profile = mysql_fetch_array($getuser);
        
        // Spit all the information we grabbed from the database out
        // and enter it into the fields.
        echo("<form method=\"post\">
        <p>E-mail: <input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" value=\"$profile[email]\" /><br />
        Location: <input type=\"text\" name=\"location\" value=\"$profile[location]\" /><br />
        MSN address: <input type=\"text\" name=\"MSN\" value=\"$profile[MSN]\" /><br />
        Password:<font color=\"#FF0000\">*</font> 
        <input type=\"password\" name=\"password\" value=\"\" /><br />
        Confirm Password: <input type=\"password\" name=\"cpassword\" value=\"\" /><br />
        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"update\" value=\"Update password\"><br />
        <font color=\"#FF0000\" size=\"2\">* Leave empty if you do not wish to change</font> </p>
        </form>"); 

That is what I use to edit my profile :s

[wsg14]

Blinger when I use your idea I get:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/x/public_html/test/editprofile.php on line 43

[Trinity]

Blinger when I use your idea I get:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/x/public_html/test/editprofile.php on line 43

Post your code.

[wsg14]

echo "<form action=\"?do=update\" method=\"post\">
first name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"firstname\" value=\"$value['firstname']\" /><br />
last name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"lastname\" /><br />
nick name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"nickname\" /><br />
location: <input type=\"text\" name=\"location\" /><br />
email: <input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" /><br />
gender: <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"male\" /> male <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"female\" /> female<br />
bio: <input type=\"text\" height=\"200px\" width=\"300px\" name=\"bio\" /><br />
fav movies: <input type=\"text\" height=\"200px\" width=\"300px\" name=\"favmovies\" /><br />
fav music: <input type=\"text\" height=\"200px\" width=\"300px\" name=\"favmusic\" /><br />
fav books: <input type=\"text\" height=\"200px\" width=\"300px\" name=\"favbooks\" /><br />
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"update profile\" />
</form><br />
<br />
want to change your password?
<form action=\"?do=updatepw\" method=\"post\">
current password: <input type=\"password\" name=\"currentpassword\" /><br />
new password: <input type=\"password\" name=\"newpassword\" /><br />
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"update password\" />
</form>"; 

I only did the value on the first input.

[Blinger1]

Is that what it is in your database?

[Trinity]

echo "<form action=\"?do=update\" method=\"post\">
first name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"firstname\" value=\"{$value['firstname']}\" /><br />
last name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"lastname\" /><br />
nick name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"nickname\" /><br />
location: <input type=\"text\" name=\"location\" /><br />
email: <input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" /><br />
gender: <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"male\" /> male <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"female\" /> female<br />
bio: <input type=\"text\" height=\"200px\" width=\"300px\" name=\"bio\" /><br />
fav movies: <input type=\"text\" height=\"200px\" width=\"300px\" name=\"favmovies\" /><br />
fav music: <input type=\"text\" height=\"200px\" width=\"300px\" name=\"favmusic\" /><br />
fav books: <input type=\"text\" height=\"200px\" width=\"300px\" name=\"favbooks\" /><br />
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"update profile\" />
</form><br />
<br />
want to change your password?
<form action=\"?do=updatepw\" method=\"post\">
current password: <input type=\"password\" name=\"currentpassword\" /><br />
new password: <input type=\"password\" name=\"newpassword\" /><br />
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"update password\" />
</form>"; 

[wsg14]

Beau I've tried what you said to do:

    echo ( ?>
<form action="?do=update" method="post">
first name: <input type="text" name="firstname" value="echo /><br />
last name: <input type="text" name="lastname" /><br />
nick name: <input type="text" name="nickname" /><br />
location: <input type="text" name="location" /><br />
email: <input type="text" name="email" /><br />
gender: <input type="checkbox" name="male" /> male <input type="checkbox" name="female" /> female<br />
bio: <input type="text" height="200px" width="300px" name="bio" /><br />
fav movies: <input type="text" height="200px" width="300px" name="movies" /><br />
fav music: <input type="text" height="200px" width="300px" name="movies" /><br />
fav books: <input type="text" height="200px" width="300px" name="movies" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="update profile" />
</form><br />
<br />
want to change your password?
<form action="?do=updatepw" method="post">
current password: <input type="password" name="currentpassword" /><br />
new password: <input type="password" name="newpassword" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="update password" />
</form>
<?php
);
}
?>

however I get an error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /home/kolzy/public_html/test/editprofile.php on line 42 42 is the echo line. "echo ( ?>". There is no ';'.

EDIT: Thanks Trinity.

[Dentafrice]

Why echo all that out? Just end your PHP tag

?>

and then do that.. and then restart it...

<?php

?>
<form action="?do=update" method="post">

    first name: <input type="text" name="firstname" value="<?php echo $value['firstname']; ?>" />
    <br/>
    last name: <input type="text" name="lastname" />
    <br/>
    nick name: <input type="text" name="nickname" />
    <br/>
    location: <input type="text" name="location" />
    <br/>
    email: <input type="text" name="email" />
    <br/>
    gender: <input type="checkbox" name="male" />male <input type="checkbox" name="female" />female
    <br/>
    bio: <input type="text" height="200px" width="300px" name="bio" />
    <br/>
    fav movies: <input type="text" height="200px" width="300px" name="favmovies" />
    <br/>
    fav music: <input type="text" height="200px" width="300px" name="favmusic" />
    <br/>
    fav books: <input type="text" height="200px" width="300px" name="favbooks" />
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" value="update profile" />
    
</form>

<br/>
<br/>

want to change your password?

<form action="?do=updatepw" method="post">
    current password: <input type="password" name="currentpassword" />
    <br/>
    new password: <input type="password" name="newpassword" />
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" value="update password" />
</form>
<?php

[wazup999]

Nothing wrong with putting a form in an echo. I personally like to put my form in a variable and every time there's an error it says.

echo "Error: Wrong username or password. <br /> $form";

Thats the way I do it. But you can do it anyway you want really.

Waz ;]