Re: cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/array/functions array.xml

> + As in Perl, you can access a value from the array inside double quotes. > + However, with PHP you'll need to enclose your array between curly braces. > + <example> > + <title>Accessing an array inside double quotes</title> > + <programlisting role="php"> > +<![CDATA[ > +<?php > + > +$foo = array('bar' => 'baz'); > +echo "Hello {$foo['bar']}!"; // Hello baz! > + > +?> > +]]> Should we also write about the following? a) "$arr[foo]" is fine for array key 'foo', no E_NOTICE here b) "{$arr['foo']}" is the same as (a) above, and preferred c) "{$arr[foo]}" checks for a constant named foo, not 'foo', and if no constant named foo exists throw E_NOTICE but still works d) and of course "$arr['foo']" gives us a parse error (except in 4.3.0-1 it throws a strange E_NOTICE (and does not work) but we don't need to worry about that ;-) This sort of information already lives within the types section of the manual (for both array and strings) but since the array() docs were recently edited I wonder if it should include even more information as opposed to just partial information as one doesn't "need" to use curly braces here (as suggested by the example), it's just a preferred method. These sorts of questions do come up a lot and I think it should even be mentioned in the tutorial and/or faq especially since people use superglobals all over the place these days. What do you guys think? Regards, Philip