Escape HTML to PHP or Use Echo? Which is better?

Question

In terms of performance , what would be better. Using PHP to echo all the HTML output so I can pepper it with the various bits of working code and variables or escape HTML t

Answer 1

It's all about which you find the most readable. Of course, this will vary with each situation. If you were doing an entire page, and there were large sections which did not have any PHP in it, then I'd break out of PHP and just write the plain HTML, whereas if there was a section which had a lot of PHP variables, I'd do it all in PHP.

For example:

    

        

            , , and 
        
    

versus:

"
    . ""
    .    ""
    .        $a . ", " . $b . " and " . $c
    .    ""
    . ""
    . ""
; ?>

Or

         
            
               {$a}, {$b}, and {$c}
            
         
      ";
?>

Also don't forget about printf

"
    . ""
    .    "%s, %s and %s"
    . ""
    . ""
    , $numCols
    , $a
    , $b
    , $c
);
?>