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PHP

Francois-Victor LOUVEL
Francois-Victor LOUVEL
1,405 Points
Posted by Francois-Victor LOUVEL
Francois-Victor LOUVEL
1,405 Points

Should the Included PHP file always contain a <?php ?> tag, on top of the one already present on the HTML side ?

I am a bit confused regarding this double <?php ?> tag issue. Will the included file ignore it's own blocks ?

What if i include a file that has many HTML and PHP block and is included within a single PHP block (i.e. <?php include myfile.php ?>) ? Will it simply include it and ignore the bad nesting of tags ?

1 Answer

Darrell Conklin
Darrell Conklin
21,988 Points
Darrell Conklin
Darrell Conklin
21,988 Points

It will behave as though it closed the php block before including your php file. If you left a php block open in your included file it will automatically close that block and re-open the php block it was included inside of.

Also, the browser corrects the poorly nested html and places it inside the body of the html doc.