Question

I want to include html code inside php variables.
I remember there was a way to define html code inside a php variable, something similar to this:

<?php $my_var = { ?>
<div>SOME HTML</div>
<?php } ?>

I found it on PHP.net but I can’t find it now.
There was something else instead of the "{" but I don’t remember exactly.
I am looking to directly write the html code like above, so NOT like this: $my_var = '<div>SOME HTML</div>';
Any ideas?

Answer 1

<?php
$my_var = <<<EOD
<div>SOME HTML</div>
EOD;
?>

It’s called heredoc syntax.