recommened method of embedding PHP with HTML

[cbassett03]

OK, I've seen this done both ways and want to know which (if any) is the most secure way to do it...

 

I've been coding my pages using echo statements to write HTML, such as:

 

<?php

echo "<p><strong>hello, World!</strong></p>";

echo "<p>You are:$age year(s) old!</p> ";

...

?>

 

and so on...

 

but is this any better

 

<?php

<p><strong>Hello World!</strong></p>

echo "<p><strong>You are $age year(s) old!</p>";

?>

 

 

Is one of these methods better than the other (using ECHO to write actual HTML statements out rather than just embedding them in the script without ECHO)?  Which is the recommended method?

[btherl]

There's no difference in security, it's a matter of style.  I'm assuming you meant this for the second example:

 

<p><strong>Hello World!</strong></p>
<?php
echo "<p><strong>You are $age year(s) old!</p>";
?>

 

I use Smarty templates myself, which are a lot more flexible but they are more effort to set up.  They allow a very clean separation of the display logic and the back end logic.

[fortnox007]

I doubt putting a string inside you php tags without an echo would result in anything you would like. I haven't tested it, but it seems not right, and i am almost sure my php editor would ring the alarm bells