Re: two ?s: '' vs ""; function to post form data

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Daniel Convissor wrote: > Hey Alan: > > > 1. I've been reading a few php articles today, and so far I've not come > > across a clear distinction between variables defined using '' and those > > using "". I've read those are both strings, but what is the difference? > > "It's partly style, but" single quotes don't need escaping > 'It\'s partly style, but' single quotes in text need escaping Another important distinction is that strings in single quotes won't be parsed, so 'Hello, $name' will be read literally as 'Hello, $name' as opposed to 'Hello, John'. Matt