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1. Lorelle
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   As I'm working on testing different plugins and tags, there are times when I want the php tag or code line to "go away" when I generate the test page. I don't want to delete it, I just want to comment it out. I've tried <!-- <?php thecode(true, false, true); ?> --> but that isn't working.

   How do you hide PHP tags within a template file so they don't "work" but not delete them?

2. TechGnome
   Moderator
   Posted 7 years ago #

   //

   the < ! -- tag is an HTML comment.... to comment out PHP code, add // to the front of the PHP line.

   <!-- <?php //thecode(true, false, true); ?> -->
   OR to do an entire block /* */

   <!-- <?php /*thecode(true, false, true); */ ?> -->

   Tg

3. idbehold
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   or
   <!-- ?php thecode(true, false, true); ? -->

4. TechGnome
   Moderator
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Except that way, if you View Source, you would actualy see the PHP code, which maybe undesireable.

   Tg

5. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 7 years ago #

   You can leave off the html comment tags from TG's post:

   <?php // thecode(true, false, true); ?>

   or

   <?php /* thecode(true, false, true); */ ?>

6. jonimueller
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   
   

7. Lorelle
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Joni, that works great for CSS, but for testing plugins and different tags, hiding the PHP is critical.

   Thanks to everyone. This will really help!

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