I'm trying to output Javascript code heredoc syntax and I want it to be printed out with the PHP
print_r
<?php
function printR($val){
echo "<pre>";
print_r($val);
echo "</pre>";
}
$str = <<<EOT
var msg = "Hello my name is ";
var name = "Jermaine Forbes";
function writeIt(m,n){
console.log(m+n);
}
writeIt(msg,name);
EOT;
printR($str);
?>
EOT;
Yes you can. If you expect to have only Javascript in the string (no PHP variable), I would use nowdoc instead of heredoc (use single quotes around the opening EOT
$str = <<<'EOT'
var msg = "Hello my name is ";
var name = "Jermaine Forbes";
function writeIt(m,n){
console.log(m+n);
}
writeIt(msg,name);
EOT;
Note also that the closing delimiter must be alone on the final line. You can't have any space before or after it. Your code didn't work because you have indented EOT;
. From the docs:
Warning: It is very important to note that the line with the closing identifier must contain no other characters, except a semicolon (;). That means especially that the identifier may not be indented, and there may not be any spaces or tabs before or after the semicolon.