PHP Variable showing {}

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I wonderd if theres a way you can do this ive seen it on some other php scripting where you do a variable like below

<?php //variable as {name} $name = "Jake"; ?>

and you can show it by typing {name} or something like that if you include the file with php?

It's common for templating engines. Smarty, for example, will replace instances of {variable} if it corresponds to a variable set in the controller. But you have to either use an existing engine or write it yourself. It's not terribly complicated though — Kai Qing
– Kai Qing, Commented Sep 26, 2013 at 16:53
are you talking about templating, or are you referring to the way PHP interpolates complex variables in double-quoted strings (e.g. echo "my object property is {$obj->prop}";)? — dnagirl
– dnagirl, Commented Sep 26, 2013 at 16:56
Im new to php and not sure what i mean, i just seen it and thoughtit was cool, im sue its called template engine ill look up a tutorial on it thanks for the ideas — Jake gloomings
– Jake gloomings, Commented Sep 26, 2013 at 16:59

Jason Fingar · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-26 17:00:26Z

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Smarty Templates is good, but if you don't want to worry about including 3rd party libraries, and you are in control of your php.ini settings (to enable the short_open_tags directive), you can use short tags to do stuff like:

<p>Here's some html... hello <?= $dynamicName; ?>, how are you today?</p>

or

<? foreach($someArray as $val) : ?>
    <div><?= $val; ?></div>
<? endforeach; ?>

answered Sep 26, 2013 at 17:00

Jason Fingar

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