Single Quote vs. Double Quote..

Hi all, I just was wondering what is everyone of you thinking about using single quotes in most of the strings. I know well the difference between Single and Double quotes, but why when people write even a simple string they usually use Double Quotes? for example: echo 'whatever I would write here'; is actually better then echo "whatever I would write here"; because PHP didn't parse the string for variables&func(), but what about: echo 'I am an '.$country.' dude named '.$name; vs. echo "I am an $country dude named $name"; What is faster? Single not-parsed string with escapes from it or entire double string with variables to catch? Also $myVar = 'The value is here'; is less used then $myVar = "The value is here"; I read LOTS of tutorials on this, but you GURUs, what would you use? Cheers! Maxim Maletsky - maxim@j-door.com <mailto:maxim@j-door.com> Webmaster, J-Door.com / J@pan Inc. LINC Media, Inc. TEL: 03-3499-2175 x 1271 FAX: 03-3499-3109 http://www.j-door.com <http://www.j-door.com/> http://www.japaninc.net <http://www.japaninc.net/> http://www.lincmedia.co.jp <http://www.lincmedia.co.jp/>