A few weeks ago Jordan blogged about the heredoc syntax. The point I want to raise in this blog, is the heredoc syntax parses PHP code, similar to double quotes around a string. For example

  Would output

Hello World!
Hi John!

Notice $name was parsed as a variable not as a literal. Until PHP 5.3 the only option to store and echo literal php code was to use single quotes around the code. However, you now have the option to use the nowdoc syntax. To use the nowdoc syntax all you have to do is place single quotes around the identifier. Using the nowdoc syntax our previous example becomes:
  The output now is

Hello World!
Hi $name!