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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Displaying Item Details

Bence Szatmári
Bence Szatmári
9,235 Points
Posted by Bence Szatmári
Bence Szatmári
9,235 Points

I don't understand this.

Hi! I want to ask why do we write this if statement here:

<?php 

if(strtolower($item['category']) == 'books'){

?> <-----

<?php } ?> <---

Why are we put php open and closing tags where i put the arrows? I hope you can understand what is my problem .

2 Answers

Ashton Norton
Ashton Norton
7,704 Points

The reason being is so you can insert HTML. This means that any HTML you put in there, will only appear if your statement is true.

Bence Szatmári
Bence Szatmári
9,235 Points
Bence Szatmári
Bence Szatmári
9,235 Points

So we are using this because we are not using 'echo "<tr>"' just simple html tags and it will only appear if our statment is true?

Bence Szatmári
Bence Szatmári
9,235 Points
Bence Szatmári
Bence Szatmári
9,235 Points

I think I can understand now ! Thank You!

Ashton Norton
Ashton Norton
7,704 Points
Ashton Norton
Ashton Norton
7,704 Points

This works for any other code block too. You can use it in functions and loops. It's pretty useful to use straight html and not have a bunch of echoes. Also makes it more readable.