Curly brackets are usually highlighted as well so it is a good practice, generally speaking, to use them for double quoted strings and maintainability increase automatically. Regards > From: esamrat@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:31:53 +0530 > Subject: RE: how call a variable in a text > > This is always safe to use variables like this... > > $text = "This is " . $variable; > > Or > > $text = "This is " . $variable[0]; > > Regards, > > Samrat Kar > FRD, BARC > > Tel: 022-25597295 > Alternate Email: esamrat@xxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Madsen [mailto:php.net@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:25 AM > To: ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: David Murphy; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: how call a variable in a text > > Ashley Sheridan wrote on 2009-10-21 22:43: > > > The {} only become really useful when you're trying to reference arrays > > within a string: > > > > $var = array('great', 'boring'); > > > > $text = "this is {$var[0]}."; > > > > Without the curly braces, PHP wouldn't be able to figure out whether you > > wanted the end string to be 'This is great.' or 'This is [0].' despite > > the variable itself clearly being an array. > > Ehh what? This has never been a problem for me: > > $text = "this is $var[0]."; > > However this does give an error (or notice, don't recall, haven't seen > the error in quite a while): > > $text = "this is $var['0']."; > > In that case the solution is the curly brackets: > > $text = "this is {$var['0']}."; > > -- > Kind regards > Kim Emax - masterminds.dk > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.25/2450 - Release Date: 10/21/09 > 16:44:00 > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right from Hotmail®. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009
