Title: echo PHP within PHP? Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # echo PHP within PHP? * [bwinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bwinn/) * (@bwinn) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/) * I am not good with PHP but I am learning…. quick question. Why can’t I echo PHP within a PHP tag? * Here is what I am trying to do… but it’s not working: * ``` '; } } ?> ``` * Thanks for your help! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/page/2/?output_format=md) * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-3085) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778865) * try this instead: * ``` if( $blog_id == '42' && function_exists('easing_slider') ) { echo easing_slider(); } ``` * Thread Starter [bwinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bwinn/) * (@bwinn) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778867) * that worked like a charm!!! Thanks so much Rich! Mucho mucho appreciated!! * Thread Starter [bwinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bwinn/) * (@bwinn) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778870) * I am getting this showing up in the admin panel however…. * header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mysite/ public_html/wp-content/mu-plugins/sponsor_ad_widget.php:13) in /home/mysite/public_html/ wp-includes/functions.php on line 830 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mysite/public_html/wp-content/mu-plugins/sponsor_ad_widget.php:13) in/ home/mysite/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 831 * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-3085) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778872) * then you probably have a ‘space’ in the functions file before an opening ``` * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-3085) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778911) * can’t see anything wrong there, are you sure there are no extras lines before, or after the php opening/closing tags? * Thread Starter [bwinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bwinn/) * (@bwinn) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778930) * Hmmm…. not sure? You saw both the files right? * What opening/closing tags are you referring to? * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-3085) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778936) * `` * and there is nothing else in there? * Thread Starter [bwinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bwinn/) * (@bwinn) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778943) * Nothing more than what you see in the 2 files… [:/) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778946) * You may not be able to see trailing spaces. Try following the instructions in [this Codex page](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_do_I_solve_the_Headers_already_sent_warning_problem.3F) on those 2 files. * Thread Starter [bwinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bwinn/) * (@bwinn) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778951) * What the… I haven’t even made any changes and it’s bringing up this error now… * “Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mysite/public_html/wp-content/mu-plugins/sponsor_ad_widget.php: 12) in /home/mysite/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 890” * I looked at pluggable.php and it doesn’t even have 890 lines of code. I am stumped! * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/#post-1778959) * The issue is in sponsor_ad_widget.php Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘echo PHP within PHP?’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/code/) * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 17 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [bwinn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bwinn/) * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/echo-php-within-php/page/2/#post-1778962) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics