Re: Ever complained about lousy PHP programmers?

Olinux wrote:

I prefer single quotes on stuff that doesn't need to be parsed. In most cases this is more efficient, though probably not noticed except on a large scale. I also think it makes it easier to include html strings (because double quotes don't need to be escaped) and I find it easier to work my code in Homesite. echo '<p>'.$something.' '.$something_else.'</p>'; rather than echo "<p>$something $something_else</p>";

Both the zend accelerator (lower price for small businesses now) and the ioncube system (free) optimize any minor double-quote performance out after the first run, so it should be a non-issue for more and more people. Additionally, as you mention, it's really only an issue on largescale system (or systems under heavy load). It's completely a comfortability issue - I personally find the double-quoted version easier both to read and to type. It's not my favorite use of time to do extra typing just to try to shave off 2 tenths of a millisecond for the processor - computers are here to make life easier (supposedly!) :0 Michael Kimsal LogiCreate http://www.phpappserver.com 734-480-9961