I have the following code, and I am attempting to concatenate the values of the echo html code & 'the_meta'. Can anyone please suggest an edit to code to get this working?
CURRENT CODE
<?php echo '<p style="text-align:left;font-size:18px;margin-bottom:5px;">
<span style="color: #000000;">By AUTHOR FOR</span> <?php the_meta(); ?> </p>'; ?>
DESIRED RESULT
By AUTHOR FOR A GREAT MAGAZINE