heredoc back and forth

[webdev007]

This is within a PHP page

// some php then

echo <<<CONTENT
any HTML
the following line ends the html section
CONTENT;

// back in php, I try to make the following php snippet working
// but it throws an error where I restart a new heredoc and the php snippet is not parsed
// instead the snippet is "printed"

if($secure_email=="y")
{
include"secure_email/";
}
else
{
echo"<span id=\"content\">$email</span></td></tr>";
}

// new heredoc to add more html is then throwing an error, error is the next line:
echo <<<END

How should I write it, I looked at the manual, tried " . ", tried {} but none works

 

[jpadie]

i'm not sure why that include statement should work.

you might also consider putting spaces after your function and language construct calls.

one often missed issue is that the end of a heredoc must not contain any spaces or other stuff (other than linebreak) after the semicolon.

 

[webdev007]

Well, even if I remove the new heredoc "start and stop"
and simply keep the php snippet within the heredoc
I still cannot parse it, it keeps "printing the snippet"
actally it could be any php snippet

so the real question should be
How to make a php snippet correctly working within a heredoc?
thanks for your answer

 

[jpadie]

oh. i see. you're trying to include php within php. that does not work. there is no difference between heredoc and double quotes in this context.

to incorporate a conditional, break out of the heredoc, perform your conditional etc.

 

[webdev007]

Thanks,
I was not trying to include php within php, my bad!, I just used whatever came to my mind to illustrate my problem, the real thing calls for a long URI...

yes simply breaking out did it.