Possible To Put An If Statement Inside A Variable?

Ok, so I'm using the include() function on my website. Problem is I'm trying to include a search engine form into the layout which is stored in a variable, except the form has an if statement in it and I can't seem to get it working. Here's the code I'm trying to include...CODE <form method=POST action=search.php><p>Search:<br><input type=text name=search size=20 class=textbox size=15 value= <?if (isset($_POST['search'])){ echo $_POST['search']; } ?>><input type=submit value=Submit></form> Just wondering if it is possible for me to put this form with the if statement into a variable, or if there's another way that I could go about doing this. Thanks.

try:

<form method=POST action=search.php>[/br]<p>Search:<br>[br]<input type=text name=search size=20 class=textbox size=15 value= [/br]<? if (isset($_POST['search'])){ echo $_POST['search']; } ?>[br]><input type=submit value=Submit>[/br]</form>[br]

<form method=POST action=search.php>[/br]<p>Search:<br>[br]<input type=text name=search size=20 class=textbox size=15 value= [/br]<?php if (isset($_POST['search'])){ echo $_POST['search']; } ?>[br]><input type=submit value=Submit>[/br]</form>

To increase the "readability" of the code I would do it like :<form method=POST action=search.php><p>Search:<br><?phpecho "<input type=text name=search size=20 class=textbox size=15 value=".$_POST['search'].">";?><input type=submit value=Submit></form>You actually dont have to take the test isset for this. It is only useful for SQL queries that would generate an error if they get blank parameters