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PHP Embed a HTML Tag (that has double & single quote marks) into a PHP echo statement.

I am trying to customize a HTML template (Porto from ThemeForrest).

For simplicity, I've only included the single line of HTML that's causing the problem:

Example:

<?php echo '
<div class="slider" id="revolutionSlider" data-plugin-revolution-slider data-plugin-options=\'{"startheight": 500}\'>
' ?>

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I've tried escaping the single quotes inside the echo statement but that breaks the slider.

Does anyone have a work-around for this? OR
Is there another way I can encapsulate the HTML so that it can be used on multiple pages using the PHP Include statement?

Thanks
Graham

Ryan Chong

you can try:

<?php echo "<div class='slider' id='revolutionSlider' data-plugin-revolution-slider data-plugin-options='{\"startheight\":500}'>" ?>

GrahamPole

ASKER

Thanks Ryan... This still breaks the Slider!

Ryan Chong

what about this?

<?php echo "<div class=\"slider\" id=\"revolutionSlider\" data-plugin-revolution-slider data-plugin-options='{\"startheight\": 500}'>" ?>

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Dave Baldwin

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GrahamPole

ASKER

Hi Dave,

Your suggestion solved my problem.

Thanks,
Graham

GrahamPole

ASKER

Hi Ryan,

Thanks again for your suggestion... I had tried that strategy before posting the original question. Unfortunately, escaping any of the quotes results in breaking the slider...

<?php echo "<div class=\"slider\" id=\"revolutionSlider\" data-plugin-revolution-slider data-plugin-options='{\"startheight\": 500}'>" ?>"

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The above strategy breaks the slider.

Dave Baldwin came up with a solution... See above post.

Thanks
Graham

Ray Paseur

For a deeper understanding of how quotes work in PHP, we have this article:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_12241-Quotation-Marks-in-PHP.html

Going forward, you can post your future questions in more than one "Zone" so if there is something like WordPress involved, you can add the WordPress Zone, HTML Zone, etc. This may get more eyes on the questions. Just a thought...

Dave Baldwin

Graham, please close out this question by accepting my comment above as the solution and awarding points to me for it.

PHP Embed a HTML Tag (that has double &amp; single quote marks) into a PHP echo statement.

PHP Embed a HTML Tag (that has double & single quote marks) into a PHP echo statement.