Re: trying to quote keys in arrays causes error, Why

On Friday 08 February 2002 03:30, Peter J. Schoenster wrote: > Hi, > > Someone pointed out that I should quote "key" in arrays. What someone forgot to point out was that within double-quoted strings you should not quote the keys. > If I do this: > > <input type="hidden" > location="$input["keynameherewithquotes"]"> > > or just this: > $input[REQUEST_URI] > in a heredoc > > I get the following > > > Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' or > > T_VARIABLE' or > > `T_NUM_STRING' in > > /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/readbrazil.com/htdocs/login.php on line 49 > > but this works fine: > > <input type="hidden" location="$input[keynameherewithquotes]"> As you have discovered yourself :) -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk /* It is far better to be deceived than to be undeceived by those we love. */