Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not?

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On 25.04.2017 at 13:36, TimW wrote:

> I am teaching myself php very slowly as I go along so bear with me pls.
>
> I am making a theme for the cms I am using. There are two page templates
> and I want to be able to style elements differently according to which
> template is in use, so hopefully this line is fairly self explanatory:
>
> <body <?php if ($template_file != 'homepage.php')
>    { echo "class =\"subpage\"";} ?> >
>
> And it works, fine, but I don't think it would normally be done that
> way. Is this better?
>
> <body <?php if ($template_file != 'homepage.php')
>    {?> class ="subpage"  <?php } ?> >
>
> or just different? Is one more acceptable or normal or easier to read?
Guess that's a matter of style.  FWIW: I'd prefer something like

  <?php
  $subpage = ($template_file != 'homepage.php') ? 'subpage' : '';
  ?>
  …
  <body class="<?=$subpage?>">

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? TimW <tim@mysurname.me.uk> - 2017-04-25 12:36 +0100
  Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-04-25 13:10 +0100
    Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2017-04-25 15:00 +0200
  Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-04-25 08:19 -0400
    Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2017-04-25 21:06 -0700
      Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-04-26 07:55 -0400
        Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2017-04-26 09:15 -0700
          Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-04-26 12:48 -0400
      Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-04-26 20:40 +0200
  Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2017-04-25 15:03 +0200
    Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-04-26 03:14 +0200
  Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-04-25 14:21 +0100
    Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-04-26 03:10 +0200
    Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? TimW <tim@mysurname.me.uk> - 2017-04-26 19:31 +0100
      Re: Is this just a question of personal prefs - echo or not? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-04-26 20:21 +0100

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