PHP if/else in Variable?

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Hi have a bit of code in a variable and after some help from Ben Rowe I managed to realise I needed to concatinate my strings, now I can't seem to solve the following... Include if and else inside a variable. I have the below code that the IF/ELSE arn't working, if anyone can help that would be really appreciated.

 <?php if (!$logged) { ?> <div id="payment-address"> <div class="checkout-heading"><span>'.$text_checkout_account.'</span></div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div> <?php } else { ?> <div id="payment-address"> <div class="checkout-heading"><span>'.$text_checkout_payment_address.'</span></div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div> <?php } ?> <?php if ($shipping_required) { ?> <div id="shipping-address"> <div class="checkout-heading">'.$text_checkout_shipping_address.'</div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div> <div id="shipping-method"> <div class="checkout-heading">'.$text_checkout_shipping_method.'</div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div> <?php } ?> <div id="payment-method"> <div class="checkout-heading">'.$text_checkout_payment_method.'</div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div> <div id="confirm"> <div class="checkout-heading">'.$text_checkout_confirm.'</div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div>

I tried strippimg out the PHP tags to no effect, I also tried closing the php before the below code and then opening it again but still no result :(

Do $logged and $shipping_required return true or false? — Mihai Iorga
– Mihai Iorga, Commented Sep 4, 2012 at 9:20
replace '.$text_checkout_account.' with <?= $text_checkout_account ?>. similarly, all variables — Prasanth
– Prasanth, Commented Sep 4, 2012 at 9:24

swapnesh · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04 09:20:42Z

Use it like this -

<div class="checkout-heading"><span><?php echo $text_checkout_account ?></span></div>

or html + php

<?php echo '<div class="checkout-heading"><span>'.$text_checkout_account.'</span></div>';

Asciiom · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04 09:22:33Z

You can't use php variables outside of the tags. If you need a variable you have to use php tags, and echo the value. Do it like this:

<?php if (!$logged) { ?> <div id="payment-address"> <div class="checkout-heading"><span><?php echo $text_checkout_account ?></span></div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div> <?php } else { ?> <div id="payment-address"> <div class="checkout-heading"><span><?php echo $text_checkout_payment_address ?></span></div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div> <?php } ?>

hsz · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04 09:20:50Z

If you want to place PHP variable's content in HTML you have to do it with:

<div class="checkout-heading"><span><?php echo $text_checkout_account; ?></span></div>

You can do it also in a short way with:

<div class="checkout-heading"><span><?=$text_checkout_account; ?></span></div>

Important: second example requires short tags activated. Since PHP 5.4.0 it's available by default.

Reference: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.short-open-tag

Alexander Larikov · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04 09:24:31Z

Do like this in HTML

<div id="payment-address"> <div class="checkout-heading"> <span> <?php echo $logged ? $text_checkout_payment_address : $text_checkout_account?> </span> </div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div>

If you confused about echo read about Ternary operator

This kind of works put the text is not displaying, any ideas?

Dziad Borowy · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04 09:26:22Z

You could try ternary operators, like this:

<div id="payment-address"> <div class="checkout-heading"><span><? echo ($logged?$text_checkout_payment_address:$text_checkout_account); ?></span></div> <div class="checkout-content"></div> </div>

This kind of works put the text is not displaying, any ideas?

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