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[Jack]

Suppose I would like the server to ignore only a portion of a line of html. What are the symbols for that, if any? I seem to recall past use of those, but would prefer not to embark on a trial-and-error experimentation to try to recover them.

With thanks in advance,

and best holiday wishes,

jwc

[Nancy OShea]

When you say a partial line of HTML, make sure you're not creating code errors for yourself.

<h4>Heading 4 </h4>

<!--html commented out code goes inside here-->

<p>This is a sentence in a paragraph</p>

[Jack]

I take this to mean that it is not possible to comment-out a part of a line(?).

IOW, I thought that there were alternative start/stop symbols for commenting-out a part of a line of html.

Best,

jwc

[Jon Fritz]

I typically use php comments if I'm hiding something from the browser...

<?php /* your code here */ ?>

On a .php page, the server will remove the entire comment from your code.

Anyone looking at the page source sees only what the browser sees, no <!-- start header here --> or <!-- end footer --> mixed into your final html.

[Jack]

Right, but please see my reply to Nancy. I wondered if there was a character-set that would allow the server to ignore just a portion of a line of html, as in, for example:

The quick brown fox jumped <<under>>over the lazy dog’s back,

where all content between << . . . >> would be ignored.

Is there an ‘ignore' character set, that one can use ‘inline’, in place of ‘<<' . . . '>>’ above?

Best,

jwc

[BenPleysier]

Please have a look at https://html.com/tags/comment-tag/

[Jack]

Link is not working, not in web browser, nor in copy/paste into browser.

Could you please summarize content of the linked resource.

jwc

[BenPleysier]

[Jon Fritz · Accepted solution]

Jack  wrote

Right, but please see my reply to Nancy. I wondered if there was a character-set that would allow the server to ignore just a portion of a line of html, as in, for example:

     The quick brown fox jumped <<under>>over the lazy dog’s back,

where all content between << . . . >> would be ignored.

Is there an ‘ignore' character set, that one can use ‘inline’, in place of ‘<<' . . . '>>’ above?

Best,

jwc

Either of the options I mention will work, with html comments...

<div>
<p>Some text goes here<!-- this is commented out--> and the rest goes here</p>
</div>
<!-- <div>this div is hidden</div> -->

(which displays exactly as above for someone viewing the source) or with php comments...

<div>

<p>Some text goes here<?php /* this is commented out */ ?> and the rest goes here</p>

</div>

<?php /* <div>this div is hidden</div> */ ?>

Which I like better, because it displays as...

<div>
<p>Some text goes here and the rest goes here</p>

...when the source is viewed. Nobody can see what code, portion of a line, block of text or notation you're using by viewing your source, php comments never make it to the viewer's browser.