Title: html in php — easy question about embedding code
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# html in php — easy question about embedding code
* Resolved [snackd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snackd/)
* (@snackd)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-php-easy-question-about-embedding-code/)
* i’m trying to insert an image from somewhere in the header template. i tried
this first
* ```
echo ' . '/../thematicChild/images/greenblue_line.gif)
';
```
* but it rendered like this:
* ```
http://www.blah.com/wp-content/themes/thematic
```
* do you see? it comes out in a different order than i wrote it.
anyone know why
this is???? i fixed easily it like this
* ```
echo ';
echo '/../thematicChild/images/greenblue_line.gif)
';
```
* but that just seems a little ghetto and inefficient.
* suggestions?
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* [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
* (@esmi)
* [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-php-easy-question-about-embedding-code/#post-1086155)
* `bloginfo()` always echoes by default, if I remember correctly. Try using `get_bloginfo('
template_directory')` if you want to use the output in conjunction with `