On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:17:24 -0600, Markus Stobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm changing my HTTP POST variable declarations from $variablename to > $_POST['variablename'] to make my code more compliant with current best > practices. > > However, I find that I cannot mix these new variable declarations into > big variable strings like I used to. For example, this works: > > $message = " > Name: $Name > Division: $Division > Phone: $Phone > Email: $Email"; > > ...but when I change $Name and the other variables to $_POST['Name'], I > get this error: > > Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, > expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in > /web/scd/vets/Vislab/eventrequest.php on line 94 > > Is there any clean way to avoid having to completely reconstruct all my > form mail messages by constantly closing quotes, using . to connect text > and variables within the larger variable. >
IMHO, it's best to use single quotes for strings (less parsing overhead) and use concatenation for things like this. $message = ' Name: '.$_POST['Name'].' Division: '.$_POST['Division'].' Phone: '.$_POST['Phone'].' Email: '.$_POST['Email']; -- DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder paperCrane --Justin Patrin-- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
