Declaring Variables To Display In Body?

[mboehler3]

I am new to PHP and ASP, and in working with ASP, I found that you can insert <% dim %> at the beginning of the page to set a variable. For example, I am creating 50 pages of payroll content for each state. At the top of each individual page, I have this code:

<% dim currentstate 	currentstate = "Maryland" %>

And when I want to call the state name, I insert this code:

<%=currentstate %>

which outputs "Maryland"This is great, but now I want to do the same thing with PHP. I've been looking around the internet and everything I come across is very elaborate. Shouldn't there be a simple answer?Thank you for your help!

[justsomeguy]

<?php$currentstate = 'Maryland';?><?php echo $currentstate; ?>

[gekk0]

<?php echo $currentstate; ?>

should be able to do this for short as well

<?=$currentState;?>

[justsomeguy]

Possibly, you can't guarantee that short tags will be enabled though. The long tags always work.

[mboehler3]

Possibly, you can't guarantee that short tags will be enabled though. The long tags always work.

Thank you for your help!