On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Peter Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now *that's* a good reason... anything that means fewer \'s or \"s. > I often go for HEREDOC syntax if the backslashes start taking over - > readability is much more important to me than nanoseconds of performance. > > There's also the case where you might want literal $s in your string: > e.g. > $foo = 'You need to pay $dollars...'; > > compared with > > $foo = "You need to pay \$dollars..."; > > Again, it depends on you view of backslashes. > > > -- > Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 > Developer fax: 01580 893399 > Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent
You know, I'd use HEREDOC if I could have the closing line indented. I always think it looks so goofy to have it on the first of a line inside a method in a class. When things get really weird I tend to use (s)printf. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
