On 5/4/06, John Hicks <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Why not develop a language syntax that has distinct open and close string delimiters?
I consider HEREDOC to be the answer to that kind of prayer. For quick one-liners I find it overkill, but I felt so freed when I discovered it for creating large string blocks, like HTML templates with PHP intermixed. The only thing I wish HEREDOC could do is evaluate functions within the string blocks. But at least it will evaluate object methods, so if you're a staunch OOPer, you're set. (Yet another reason why I'm a convert) All other comments about having to escape alternative delimiters are valid. -John W -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
