Daniel Brown wrote:
Forwarded.
Accidentally clicked "reply" directly to Nitsan. Sorry about that. :-\
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Nitsan Bin-Nun <nitsanbn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Umm just for general knowledge, whats the difference between HEREDOC to
simple "<value>" assignment?
As far as i know they both do the same job except that HEREDOC have problems
with tabs infront of it (at the first line). Ther are other distinctions?
HEREDOC syntax has no problems with tabs anywhere except the
termination mark. For example:
<?php
$text =<<<EOT
I can have tabs here, no problem.
EOT; // I can't have a tab before this terminator though.
?>
About the only *real* problem you'll face with HEREDOC vs.
multiline quotes is using name-keyed arrays and superglobals. For
example, you can use $foo[0], but you can't use $foo['bar'] or
$_SESSION['foobar'].
umm.... If this didn't work, most of my HEREDOC sections would not work.
AFAIK I have always been able to use name-keyed arrays in my HEREDOC.
I have always wrapped them with {...} to allow PHP to better identify them, but
they have always worked for me.
<plaintext><?php
$a = array();
$a[0]['first'] = 'jim';
$a[0]['last'] = 'lucas';
$a[1]['first'] = 'daniel';
$a[1]['last'] = 'brown';
foreach ( $a AS $person ) {
echo <<<OUT
Your first name is {$person['first']}.
Your last name is {$person['last']}.
OUT;
}
?>
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