how to echo a variable with font color (php)

latino · 02-08-2010, 08:11 PM

Hi:
Sorry if this sounds like a simple question but I have tried several alternatives none works.

For example:

Code:

echo "<font color='red'>".$variable."</font>";

I need to echo a variable like this one
echo $variable;

but need to be able to specify color (like black).

How I can do this?

TIA

nadroj · 02-08-2010, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/html_fonts.asp

The <font> Tag Should NOT be Used

The <font> tag is deprecated in the latest versions of HTML (HTML 4 and XHTML).

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has removed the <font> tag from its recommendations. In future versions of HTML, style sheets (CSS) will be used to define the layout and display properties of HTML elements.

The Right Way to Do It - With Styles

So, as stated, use styles. An example of inline might be

Code:

echo "<div style=\"color: red;\">$variable</div>";

Or if you have it linked to a style sheet, you could use

Code:

echo "<div id=\"myStyleName\">$variable</div>";