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Asked: 2026-06-04T14:56:45+00:00

<option value=Bob’s Weekend>Bob’s Weekend</option> I am stumped. The apostrophe is confusing the script and

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<option value="Bob's Weekend">Bob's Weekend</option>

I am stumped. The apostrophe is confusing the script and myself. How could I echo this in PHP?

echo '<option value="Bob's Weekend">Bob's Weekend</option>'; //syntax error
echo '?><option value="Bob's Weekend">Bob's Weekend</option><?php ';?> //syntax error
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  1. Editorial Team

    First, you could just drop out of PHP and put in literal HTML:

    ?><option value="Bob's Weekend">Bob's Weekend</option><?php

    Second, you could use backslashes:

    echo '<option value="Bob\'s Weekend">Bob\'s Weekend</option>';

    or

    echo "<option value=\"Bob's Weekend\">Bob's Weekend</option>";

    Finally, you could use a here-document:

    echo <<<END
<option value="Bob's Weekend">Bob's Weekend</option>
END;

    I would go with the first option, myself. It seems a bit silly to do echo‘s in PHP code when all you have to do is drop back out of the PHP and everything is echoed automatically.

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