ECHO in an ECHO in an IF - php

Question

Config.php:
<?php
$sidebars = 'TRUE';
$sidebar_left = '<font color="GREEN">Hoejhus9 1#</font>';
$sidebar_right = 'KinJacob - Ejer';
?>
Index.php:
<?php
include 'config.php';
if ($sidebars == "TRUE") {
echo '
<div class="sidebar">
<h1><center>Status</center></h1>
<h3><center>CS:S</center></h3>
'.echo $sidebar_left.'
</div>
<div class="sidebar_2">
<h1><center>Admins</center></h1>
'.echo $sidebar_right.'
</div>';
}
?>
This does not work at all. It is not even displaying the page? Just white!
And if I try to use a print instead of echo it shows "1" at the right place and then the text at a whole diffrent page? What should I do?

Answer 1

One echo statement is all you need:
echo '
<div class="sidebar">
<h1><center>Status</center></h1>
<h3><center>CS:S</center></h3>
'.$sidebar_left.'
</div>
<div class="sidebar_2">
<h1><center>Admins</center></h1>
'.$sidebar_right.'
</div>';

Answer 2

Do not use boolean values as a string. Remove extra echo when concat strings. so:
$sidebars = true;
//^
$sidebar_left = '<font color="GREEN">Hoejhus9 1#</font>';
$sidebar_right = 'KinJacob - Ejer';
include 'config.php';
if ($sidebars == true) {
//^
echo '
<div class="sidebar">
<h1><center>Status</center></h1>
<h3><center>CS:S</center></h3>
' . $sidebar_left . '
</div>
<div class="sidebar_2">
<h1><center>Admins</center></h1>
' . $sidebar_right . '
</div>
';
}

Answer 3

If your web host has PHP shorthand enabled you could do it like this, you can close and reopen the PHP tag and use the shorthand <?= and ?> to echo values
<?php
include 'config.php';
if ($sidebars == TRUE){
?>
<div class="sidebar">
<h1><center>Status</center></h1>
<h3><center>CS:S</center></h3>
<?=$sidebar_left?>
</div>
<div class="sidebar_2">
<h1><center>Admins</center></h1>
<?=$sidebar_right?>
</div>
<?php
}
?>