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[tommytx]

somewhere in here.. this forum someone used this method on one of my posts..
What I need is a way to handle a long variable easily such as...

$buff = start
djfkdjksdkafjklfjaklfjkldfjasdfldf
faklfjdkjdksdfjkddfkjdfsdfkdfsdf
afkjfldjfklajdfjkdfjsdflaklasdfasdfsdf
kafkljkfdjsdfjsdfsdfjsdfdfklsdfkdfklasdfkldf
End

I am sure this is wrong but someone can remind me how to do it...
I want the variable to scoop up all the stuff from start to end... and place in the variable $buff

I know its simple but not if you dont' remember how..

Thanks.

[perkiset]

It's called a HEREDOC and there just doesn't seem to be an easy way to find it if you don't know it's name.

$buff = <<<SOMETEXT
Four score and seven years ago
our fathers brought forth to $thisCountry
a new nation, conceived in {$obj->Liberty()}
and dedicated to the proposition that
{$men['all']} are created equal.
SOMETEXT;

Note that the closer MUST be on the left side, no white space in front of it allowed.

<edit>Text INSIDE the heredoc does not need to be on the left spine, all whitespace is honored.</edit>

[tommytx]

Tanks... that's it...

[Bompa]

It's called a HEREDOC and there just doesn't seem to be an easy way to find it if you don't know it's name.

I agree, but this might be easier to recall nex time:

"php echo multiple lines"