Commenting out template code

[FlipC]

I've been trying to comment out the following bit of code using the built-in Template editor:

<div id="comp_<?php echo $compwidth ?>">
<jdoc:include type="component" />
<?php include "html/template.php"; ?>
</div>

I've added <!-- --> top and bottom, I've added /* */ top and bottom, // every line, and even enclosed it in a <?php /* */ ?> block. The results respectively are that it displays --> and blanks everything past that point, displays /**/, displays ////, or just blanks out everything past the entry.

What the heck am I doing wrong?

[jcms]

var_dump your variable and your path "include"?

[FlipC]

Okay I added <!-- --> to either end of the php block and output was the decode in comment; adding /* */ to the include simply outputted the comment marks but without displaying them this time. so the jdoc must be part of the main template into which this got inserted hence the issue with commenting out the entire block.

Just for reference:

added a var_dump($compwidth); but just messes with output.

template.php contains: <?php echo(base64_decode("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")); ?>

Which if you decode should show why I want to remove it.