> > echo "bar is $bar";
> > vs.
> > echo 'bar is '.$bar;
> >
> > additionaly in the first version $bar will be automagically transformed
> > into a string, which is not nessecary.
>
> In the second version, you used the . operator, which also
> automagically transforms $bar into a string for that operation,
> there is no difference between the two in this aspect, echo
> needs string[s] to print out. :) We'll see what others think...
+1 for not worrying about strings this way, either is okay. If I were to
pick one (which is imho a bad idea) it be using "". But, this is not
always the case, depends. Now, I believe the bulk of Jan's comment was
regarding arrays here, which was:
'string '. $arr['key'] .' blah';
And I believe Goba desires:
"string {$arr['key']} blah"
And I'm more or less for:
"string $arr[key] blah"
As it's most readable. But the only problem is outside of strings this
creates E_NOTICE as constant 'key' is looked for first and not found, this
may confuse some who don't read the foo[bar] part in manual :) But, {}
syntax here is php4 specific although not a major deal. *shrugs*
Regards,
Philip Olson
