What is <<<_END?

Question

I\'m new to PHP and don\'t understand what the point of <<<_END is. Could someone please explain when this should be used? I\'ve looked at various exam

Answer 1

That syntax is called heredoc

<<<_END
some text
_END

Basically, it's a way of writing a string without worrying about escaping quotes and so on.

As you've mentioned, it doesn't really provide a lot of benefit over other string formats - although, it does mean you can write a block of HTML without escaping out of PHP with ?>

It also isn't too popular as its use generally goes against the practice of seperating content from logic by embedding the content in the middle of your script.