<P> tag within PHP to output PHP var?

[Flanelman]

Hey guys, so I imagine this is pretty easy I just can't seem to figure it out.

So, I'm trying to pretty much print out "Sailor <FirstName> <LastName> has been added!" where <FirstName> and <LastName> are PHP post variables.

Here's what I've tried:

 

- Post Vars

     $first = $_POST['first'];
     $last = $_POST['last'];
     $gender = $_POST['gender'];
     $country = $_POST['country'];
     $team = $_POST['team'];
     $position = $_POST['position'];

- Within PHP
          echo '<p class="added_text"> Sailor' $first $last ' added Successfully to team ' $team '  </p>;';
- Outside PHP
          <p class="added_message"> Sailor <?php $first $last ?> added Successfully to team <?php $team ?> </p>;

 

Both just seem to give me "unexpected $first" error, however, I know the data is there as I can print_R($_POST) and all the data is there so I'm guessing I'm just making a mistake.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

[Syntaxvgm]

what you're missing is concatenation. Also, extra semicolon

 

Now, I'm really tired, so I may written this down wrong, but something like this

 echo '<p class="added_text"> Sailor' $first $last ' added Successfully to team ' $team '  </p>;';

should be 

 echo '<p class="added_text"> Sailor' . $first . $last .' added Successfully to team '. $team .'  </p>';

 

 

edit

see forgot a period. Done goofed, hope it's right now. I could be way off. 

[Flanelman]

5 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

what you're missing is concatenation. Also, extra semicolon

 

Now, I'm really tired, so I may written this down wrong, but something like this

 echo '<p class="added_text"> Sailor' $first $last ' added Successfully to team ' $team '  </p>;';

should be 

 echo '<p class="added_text"> Sailor' . $first $last .' added Successfully to team '. $team .'  </p>';

 

Ah that was the problem, needed a period before $last too but that was the issue, thanks heaps man!

here's the code that I used:
echo '<p class="added_text"> Sailor ' . $first .' ' .$last .' added Successfully to team '. $team .'  </p>';

[Syntaxvgm]

6 minutes ago, Flanelman said:

Ah that was the problem, needed a period before $last too but that was the issue, thanks heaps man!

here's the code that I used:
echo '<p class="added_text"> Sailor ' . $first .' ' .$last .' added Successfully to team '. $team .'  </p>';

yah I saw that, I corrected it but too late. 

Also the other way needed an echo still. 

  <p class="added_message"> Sailor <?php $first $last ?> added Successfully to team <?php $team ?> </p>;

Should be 

  <p class="added_message"> Sailor <?php echo $first . $last ?> added Successfully to team <?php echo $team ?> </p>;

If you are running php 5.4 or above, or have short_open_tag enabled, you can do this I think 
 <p class="added_message"> Sailor <?= $first . $last ?> added Successfully to team <?= $team ?> </p>;
Where the opening tag is now just <? and <?= for echo 

I probably fucked this one up too.  

[Flanelman]

1 minute ago, Syntaxvgm said:

yah I saw that, I corrected it but too late. 

Also the other way needed an echo still. 

  <p class="added_message"> Sailor <?php $first $last ?> added Successfully to team <?php $team ?> </p>;

Should be 

  <p class="added_message"> Sailor <?php echo $first . $last ?> added Successfully to team <?php echo $team ?> </p>;

If oyu are running php 5.4 or above, or have short_open_tag enabled, you can do this I think 
 <p class="added_message"> Sailor <?= $first . $last ?> added Successfully to team <?= $team ?> </p>;
Where the opening tag is now just <? and <?= for echo 

I probably fucked this one up too.  

Haha well I appreciate the help none the less! Thanks again dude.