On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 15:24 -0500, Frank Stanovcak wrote: > "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:1231962521.3613.13.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 11:17 -0500, MikeP wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I am trying to get the following to work: > >> "Select Netid from Users where Netid = '$_SESSION[phpCAS][user]'" > >> Netid is a string type. > >> No matter where of if I put the quotes, I still get array[phpCAS] not the > >> value. > >> If there is anything I still have trouble with after all these years its > >> quoting variables. > >> Help? > >> Thanks > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> > > I always go with this: > > > > "Select Netid from Users where Netid = '{$_SESSION[phpCAS][user]}'" > > > > The curly braces allow PHP to use the full variable you intended. Note > > that you may need single quote marks around the text in each square > > bracket block or PHP my give you a warning about an unintended string > > literal. > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > even though it might have it's drawbacks I've never had a problem with > concat for sql statements. > > $sqlstmt = "Select Netid from Users where Netid = '" . > $_SESSION['phpCAS']['user']} . "'"; > > > Frank > > > That wont work, you forgot to take out the extra } at the end ;) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
