Echo in echo

Question

Is it possible to output <?php ?> output in echo? So the situation is this:

<?php
  // some code
  foreach ( $something as $row )
  {
     echo '<input type="hidden" id="'.$row["id"].'" value="<?php echo $cats; ?>">'
  }
 ?>

So how to output $cats in the value php part? Is it possible at all? I need the value that $cats hold not the whole part whit htmlentities

edit:

It is not duplicate and it is not '.$cats.' may be it's my fold that I didn't explain properly.

$cats got its value from response of ajax script not from this query

In that case you need to execute a manual entity conversion: < becomes < and > becomes > Change those 2 characters and it will work. — Blaatpraat, Jul 02 '15 at 12:06
@Blaatpraat this is what `htmlentities` do. As I said I don't need this.. Thank's anyway. — John, Jul 02 '15 at 12:11

Sougata Bose · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-02T12:14:03.617

8

No need of that tag again. Simply concatenate the variable -

echo '<input type="hidden" id="'.$row["id"].'" value="' . $cats . '">'

Update

With jQuery -

var response = "The response after ajax request";
$('input[type="hidden"]').val(response); // Selector will depend on your code

edited Jul 02 '15 at 12:14

answered Jul 02 '15 at 12:02

Sougata Bose

I need it because it is come from another part of script.. so with `'.$cats.'` I get `value="0"` – John Jul 02 '15 at 12:06
There is some response from ajax .. – John Jul 02 '15 at 12:08
You want that response to be set as value of the input? – Sougata Bose Jul 02 '15 at 12:09
Yes, that's what I'm trying – John Jul 02 '15 at 12:10
Then why are you using `PHP` if you want to set value with `javascript`? – Sougata Bose Jul 02 '15 at 12:11
I don't know how in `javascript` and ... it seems also in `php`.. – John Jul 02 '15 at 12:12
Check the update and read about jquery. Will help you a lot. – Sougata Bose Jul 02 '15 at 12:14
Ok, I think this can help. Thank you. – John Jul 02 '15 at 12:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '15 at 12:04

1

Since you're already in a PHP block, you don't need to open new php tags.

Try this instead.

<?php
  // some code
  foreach ( $something as $row )
  {
     echo '<input type="hidden" id="'.$row["id"].'" value="'.$cats.'">'
}?>

answered Jul 02 '15 at 12:04

mituw16

2 Answers2