PHP printing string

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I am using var_dump for printing a variable, named $info. Now I need to print message_id as shown below, but the string is not getting print.

object(stdClass)[10]
  public 'date' => string 'Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:45:26 +0100' (length=31)
  public 'Date' => string 'Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:45:26 +0100' (length=31)
  public 'subject' => string 'deposit' (length=7)
  public 'Subject' => string 'deposit' (length=7)
  public 'message_id' => string '<CAKvS7sNb0Cb1AaAbCdEFGHerp5UyJuhfkcJj8P+8CZQj4VTGLA@mail.gmail.com>' (length=68)
  public 'toaddress' => string 'sbsa secretaccount <[email protected]>' (length=43)

I'm using this line,

echo $info->message_id;

Also if I try this,

$temp =  '<CAKvS7sNb0Cb1AaAbCdEFGHerp5UyJuhfkcJj8P+8CZQj4VTGLA@mail.gmail.com>';
echo "::$temp::";

Only :::: is getting printed, the $temp variable is ignored? Why?

billyonecan · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-14 20:15:51Z

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You have an object, not an array. Use:

echo $info->message_id;

php.net - Objects

In response to your second point - as the string is encapsulated in < and >, the browser will try and display this as HTML, if you view the source of the page, you will see that your $temp string is in there.

You could use htmlentities() in order to convert the characters to HTML entities:

echo htmlentites($temp);

edited Oct 14, 2012 at 20:15

answered Oct 14, 2012 at 20:06

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Abhishek Bhardwaj Over a year ago

Can you figure out any reason for the echo problem, why the $temp is not getting printed?

Niet the Dark Absol · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-14 20:09:19Z

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In addition to what deifwud said about you having an object and not an array (they aren't interchangeable like they are in JavaScript), you should also note that anything of the form <blah blah blah> is seen by the browser as an HTML tag and is not displayed raw. If you go to View Source you will see it's right there. To avoid this problem, use htmlspecialchars()

answered Oct 14, 2012 at 20:09

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-14 20:44:07Z

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Agree with both @deifwud and @Kolink. Your string should be :

   $temp = htmlspecialchars('<CAKvS7sNb0Cb1AaAbCdEFGHerp5UyJuhfkcJj8P+8CZQj4VTGLA@mail.gmail.com>');
   echo "::$temp::";

That will escape the < and > so that browser don't intreprate them like tag.

edited Oct 14, 2012 at 20:44

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answered Oct 14, 2012 at 20:13

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