Re: Code optimization: single vs. double quotes?

Thanks guys! I want to hear all opinions, but hopefully a PHP dev will give us the straight poop. -Shawn "Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote in message news:20031024004349.96868.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I came across this post and was hoping to get a gurus opinion on the > validity. TIA > > -Shawn > > I remember reading somewhere re: PHP coding that it is a better coding > practice to use single quotes as much as possible vs. using double quotes in > scripts. When using double quotes, you are forcing PHP to look for variables > within them, even though there may not be any, thus slowing execution > time... > > For example it is better to code: > Code: > echo '<td > bgcolor="'.$bgcolor2.'">&nbsp;</td></tr>'; > > vs. > Code: > echo "<td > bgcolor=\"$bgcolor2\">&nbsp;</td></tr>";