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Asked: 2026-05-13T15:10:23+00:00

I work a lot in mixed HTML and PHP and most time I just

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I work a lot in mixed HTML and PHP and most time I just want solid HTML with a few PHP variables in it so my code look like this:

<tr><td> <input type="hidden" name="type" value="<?php echo $var; ?>" ></td></tr>

Which is quite ugly. Isn’t there something shorter, more like the following?

<tr><td> <input type="hidden" name="type" value="$$var" ></td></tr>

This is possible to but you get stuck with the "" (you have to replace them all with '') and the layout is gone

echo "<tr><td> <input type="hidden" name="type" value="$var" ></td></tr>"

Is there anything better?

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  1. Editorial Team

    There’s the short tag version of your code, which is now completely acceptable to use despite antiquated recommendations otherwise:

    <input type="hidden" name="type" value="<?= $var ?>" >

    which (prior to PHP 5.4) requires short tags be enabled in your php configuration. It functions exactly as the code you typed; these lines are literally identical in their internal implementation:

    <?= $var1, $var2 ?>
<?php echo $var1, $var2 ?>

    That’s about it for built-in solutions. There are plenty of 3rd party template libraries that make it easier to embed data in your output, smarty is a good place to start.

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