How to style PHP echo output with span

Question

I\'m trying to style the output of each echo.

Ideally I\'d like to use for each echo, but I\'m not too sure how to ach

Answer 1

I'd create a function that does this:

function decorated_echo($text) {
    echo '<span class="myclass">' . $text . '</span>';
}

This way, you don't have to repeat this everytime you want this behaviour.

Answer 2

You are guessing right, just add required html in the echo:

echo '<span class="yourclass"><img src="'.$row['Image'].'" /></span>';

or you can just put inline style if no css file is loaded:

echo '<span style="color:red;"><img src="'.$row['Image'].'" /></span>';

Answer 3

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Blog");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
    {
    echo "<span class=\"myclass\">$row['Date']</span>";
    echo "<span class=\"myclass\">$row['Title']</span>";
    echo "<span class=\"myclass\">$row['Message']</span>";
    echo "<img src='".$row['Image']."'/>";
    }

mysql_close($con);

or, much nicer, in a table:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Blog");
echo "<table>"
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))  {
    echo "<tr>"
    echo "<td>$row['Date']</td>";
    echo "<td>$row['Title']</td>";
    echo "<td>$row['Message']</td>";
    echo "<td><img src='".$row['Image']."'/></td>";
    echo "</tr>"
}
echo "</table>"

mysql_close($con);

You then can style each row and column with a class.

Answer 4

Try this:

$prepend = "<span class=''>";
$append  = "</span>";

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Blog");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
    {
    echo $prepend.$row['Date'].$append;
    echo $prepend.$row['Title'].$append;
    echo $prepend. $row['Message'].$append;
    echo $prepend."<img src='".$row['Image']."'/>".$append;
    }

mysql_close($con);