Question

I usually create modular websites, each part of the website being a .php file which will be included in the main pages.

Is it “better” to output HTML within PHP files using echo or to close each time the php tag ?> and open it each time I need to access a PHP function/variable.

V1:

<?php    
$v1=$_POST['name'];    
echo "Your name is".$v1;
echo $v1." if you want, you can log out";
?>

V2:

<?php $v1=$_POST['name']; ?>    
Your name is <?php echo $v1; ?>
<?php echo $v1;?> if you want, you can log out

The thing is that between the php tags there’s much more HTML code (echoed) than actual PHP.
Does it affect the script performance if I close the tags each time? And is it safe to acces variables declared in a previous block of php code?

EDIT1:
When closing the php tags isn’t the server clearing some cache for that script, or something like that?

Answer 1

I think you can select whatever you want, but you should use it everywhere. For myself, second one is better