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Matt Elhotiby
Matt Elhotiby

Reputation: 44066

Comment out HTML and PHP together

I have this code,

    <tr>
      <td><?php echo $entry_keyword; ?></td>
      <td><input type="text" name="keyword" value="<?php echo $keyword; ?>" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><?php echo $entry_sort_order; ?></td>
      <td><input name="sort_order" value="<?php echo $sort_order; ?>" size="1" /></td>
    </tr>

and I would love to comment both in one shot...but when I try

    <!-- <tr>
      <td><?php echo $entry_keyword; ?></td>
      <td><input type="text" name="keyword" value="<?php echo $keyword; ?>" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><?php echo $entry_sort_order; ?></td>
      <td><input name="sort_order" value="<?php echo $sort_order; ?>" size="1" /></td>
    </tr> -->

the page fails - it seems the PHP code is not being commented out... Is there a way to do this?

Upvotes: 113

Views: 120833

Answers (7)

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 21

You can also use this as a comment:

<?php
    /* get_sidebar(); */

?>

Upvotes: 0

nick
nick

Reputation: 3239

I found the following solution pretty effective if you need to comment a lot of nested HTML + PHP code.

Wrap all the content in this:

<?php
    if(false){
?>

Here goes your PHP + HTML code

<?php
    }
?>

Upvotes: 16

Dammy Akinsiku
Dammy Akinsiku

Reputation: 59

The <!-- --> is only for HTML commenting and the PHP will still run anyway...

Therefore the best thing I would do is also to comment out the PHP...

Upvotes: 4

Pascal MARTIN
Pascal MARTIN

Reputation: 400952

Instead of using HTML comments (which have no effect on PHP code -- which will still be executed), you should use PHP comments:

<?php /*
<tr>
      <td><?php echo $entry_keyword; ?></td>
      <td><input type="text" name="keyword" value="<?php echo $keyword; ?>" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><?php echo $entry_sort_order; ?></td>
      <td><input name="sort_order" value="<?php echo $sort_order; ?>" size="1" /></td>
    </tr>
*/ ?>

With that, the PHP code inside the HTML will not be executed; and nothing *(not the HTML, not the PHP, not the result of its non-execution)* will be displayed.
Just one note: you cannot nest C-style [comments][1]... which means the comment will end at the first `*/` encountered.

Upvotes: 214

Nev Stokes
Nev Stokes

Reputation: 9769

I agree that Pascal's solution is the way to go, but for those saying that it adds an extra task to remove the comments, you can use the following comment style trick to simplify your life:

<?php /* ?>
<tr>
      <td><?php echo $entry_keyword; ?></td>
      <td><input type="text" name="keyword" value="<?php echo $keyword; ?>" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><?php echo $entry_sort_order; ?></td>
      <td><input name="sort_order" value="<?php echo $sort_order; ?>" size="1" /></td>
    </tr>
<?php // */ ?>

In order to stop the code block being commented out, simply change the opening comment to:

<?php //* ?>

Upvotes: 47

Ehsan Khodarahmi
Ehsan Khodarahmi

Reputation: 4922

PHP parser will search your entire code for <?php (or <? if short_open_tag = On), so HTML comment tags have no effect on PHP parser behavior & if you don't want to parse your PHP code, you have to use PHP commenting directives(/* */ or //).

Upvotes: 1

Flipper
Flipper

Reputation: 2609

You can only accomplish this with PHP comments.

 <!-- <tr>
      <td><?php //echo $entry_keyword; ?></td>
      <td><input type="text" name="keyword" value="<?php //echo $keyword; ?>" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><?php //echo $entry_sort_order; ?></td>
      <td><input name="sort_order" value="<?php //echo $sort_order; ?>" size="1" /></td>
    </tr> -->

The way that PHP and HTML works, it is not able to comment in one swoop unless you do:

<?php

/*

echo <<<ENDHTML
 <tr>
          <td>{$entry_keyword}</td>
          <td><input type="text" name="keyword" value="{echo $keyword}" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>{$entry_sort_order}</td>
          <td><input name="sort_order" value="{$sort_order}" size="1" /></td>
        </tr>
ENDHTML;

*/
?>

Upvotes: 2

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