Re: MySQL - field names

On 15 Aug, o.cook@etoncollege.org.uk wrote: > Calling them in this way *seems* to be causing problems. For example: > > echo "<br>".$rs['type']; > > works correctly, whereas, > > echo "<br>$rs['type']"; > > results in this error: > > Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' or > T_VARIABLE' or > `T_NUM_STRING' in /path/to/file.php3 on line 9 > > replacing $rs['type'] for $rs[0] (as before) makes both work. > > Am I missing something here? :) > > Ollie Nope - that's expected behaviour. One of the developers can probably put it better, but its a case of only simple variables being expanded in a double quoted string. You need to concateneat complex variables with strings as in your first example. Cheers -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA