How do you...

[tres]

When writing PHP, how do you do it so that it shows a "

as a " finishes the thing i was doing.
If you get my newbish drift

 

[Augmented]

The two most common methods are to either escape it with a backslash:

echo "This is a double-quote: \".";

Or you can place it in single quotes:

echo 'This is a double-quote: ".';

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php

 

[da_mic_1530]

I use the single quotes method, took me blooming ages to realise I could do that, its crept in a lot of my code now

 

[tres]

cheers buddy!

 

[Ladforce]

I use the single quotes method, took me blooming ages to realise I could do that, its crept in a lot of my code now

Single quotes method is only good if the string your printing doesnt contain any variables though.

 

[da_mic_1530]

Single quotes method is only good if the string your printing doesnt contain any variables though.

this forum continues to teach me all sorts of useful tips

 

[GeForce]

this forum continues to teach me all sorts of useful tips

I didn't know that thing about variables being parsed in " but not ' until someone mentioned it on here either

 

[Ladforce]

this forum continues to teach me all sorts of useful tips

A nice way of being able to do both is by using the following. This is only really useful for big blocks of text as it uses 3 or more lines.

echo <<< HTML
This can contain $variables and " and nothing needs escaping :)
HTML;

//or we can store it in a variable to start with
$another_variable = <<< MOREHTML
some more text with variables $my_html and "
MOREHTML;

//HTML and MOREHTML can be any label you want.

 

[Pho]

What's the name of that technique above? (the <<< thing) I always forget.

Single quotes method is only good if the string your printing doesnt contain any variables though.

$var1='bananas'; $var2='pancakes';
echo sprintf('I use single quotes but can also display variables, such as %s or %s!', $var1, $var2);

Kind of, anyway .

 

[Ladforce]

$var1='bananas'; $var2='pancakes';
echo sprintf('I use single quotes but can also display variables, such as %s or %s!', $var1, $var2);

Kind of, anyway .

hehe, if you dont mind the overhead of another function call

 

[Inquisitor]

Single quotes method is only good if the string your printing doesnt contain any variables though.

I'd say it's useful unless the string contains variables.

What's the name of that technique above? (the <<< thing) I always forget.

Heredoc.

 

[Ladforce]

I'd say it's useful unless the string contains variables.



Heredoc.

Yep thats what i meant. Its only good if theres no variables to print Should be used if theres no variables though as its slightly faster than a double quoted string.