PHP scripts, is it normal to use open and close script tags.

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hi. What is the difference between code:

PHP

<?php 
// -- some functions
?>
<div class="text">Some text on page.</div>

PHP

<?php 
// -- some functions
?>
<div class="text">Some text on <?php echo 'page' ?>.</div>

I just want to know, is it ok to open and close php scripts.

Posted 22-Aug-12 4:21am

Lubomur

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Joan M · Answer 1 · 2012-08-22T04:25:00

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The result is the same.

In that case the second is not useful and I would go for the first one for the sake of easiness.

Apart of that it is a good thing to do that if you want to put variables, functions and other results in the HTML text.

Posted 22-Aug-12 4:25am

Joan M

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Lubomur 22-Aug-12 12:21pm

Large number of such insertions affect the speed of processing scripts?

Joan M 22-Aug-12 14:26pm

Well, php is a server-side language so the server that is giving you the page must "execute" those insertions and adapt them. I guess the time it takes to make them is not important at all, but yes, I guess that an indecent amount of them can give you a slow result.