RE: [PHP] Parse error: parse error, expecting `']'' in

To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm On 02 December 2004 13:22, Robert Sossomon wrote: > But what I don't understand is why sometimes > '$_POST[variable]' works and why > sometimes it will only work when it is '$_POST['variable']' . > > Even through my reading and examples I see it both ways, so anyone > able to give me a direction to go with it? I am thinking of just > changing my coding to put it the second way, but...??? It's valid to put unquoted array subscripts inside a double-quoted string; it's not valid anywhere else. Look at the comment at the start of the second example at http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string. parsing.simple for the official position on this. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211