Req #68249 [Opn]: Implement another string delimiter as alternative to double quotes

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68249&edit=1 ID: 68249 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: work at web-sav dot de Summary: Implement another string delimiter as alternative to double quotes Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: FWIW, you can also do $html = sprintf('<a href="%s">%s</a>', $url, $label); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-17 07:48:06] work at web-sav dot de Description: ------------ How to merge together HTML/JS/SQL and PHP inside non-view scripts: // looks messy $htmlSingle = '<a href="' . {$url} . '">' . {$label} . '</a>'; // good, but needs to be escaped $htmlDouble = "<a href=\"{$url}\">{$label}</a>; // breaks code clearity (especially inside classes) $htmlHeredoc = <<<HTML <a href="{$url}">{$label}</a> HTML; None of the above solutions are really perfect for solving one of the most common task in PHP. So a mixture of the heredoc syntax (code injection for phpstorm) and the double quotes (one liners) would be perfect imo. Maybe something like this: // without code injection feature $html = :|<a href="{url}">{$label}</a>|; // with code injection $html = :HTML|<a href="{url}">{$label}</a>|; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68249&edit=1