php echo vs open&close tag

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Benefits of first one

  • Easier to read
  • ???

Benefits of second one

  • WYSIWYG is possible
  • HTML Code Completion/Tag-Matching possible with some IDEs
  • No escaping headaches
  • Easier for larger chunks of HTML

If I have a lot of HTML in a given PHP routine (like an MVC view) then I definitely use the 2nd method. But I format it differently – I strictly rely on the tag-like nature of PHP’s demarcations, i.e., I make the PHP sections look as much like HTML tags as I can

<table>
  <?php foreach($lotsofrows as $row) { ?>
  <tr>
    <td><?php echo $row['id']; ?></td>
  </tr>
  <?php } ?>
</table>

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