#21433 [Opn->Bgs]: Generic expressions interpolation in strings

ID: 21433 Updated by: tularis@php.net Reported By: giannici@neomedia.it -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Any PHP Version: 4.2.2 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php I don't think this will be implemented, since this is partially why heredocs were created. The only thing I can tell you is, you should use stuff like: echo "it is: ".++$value; Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-05 10:35:03] giannici@neomedia.it I'm relatively new to PHP. Previously I used to program a lot in Perl. What I really lack in PHP is Perl's ability to interpolate any expression inside a string. For example: Perl: "Next value is @{[ $value + 1 ]}!" PHP: "Next value is " . $value + 1 . "!" In this simple case it's not a great problem, but it becomes more awkward when using the heredoc operator. In this cases I'm often forced to use temporary variables: $tempvar = $value + 1; print <<< END Here it is the next value $tempvar Other text... END; I propose to extend the Variable Parsing syntax to evaluate ANY expression instead of variables only. I propose the following syntax: print <<< END Here it is the next value {$= $value + 1 } Other text... END; Using "{=" would be more readable but it would cause too many backward compatibility problems... What do you think of this? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21433&edit=1