Re: Miserable escape string problem

From: Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:51:17 +0000
Subject: Re: Miserable escape string problem
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On Thu, October 5, 2006 11:37 am, intra_test@roibm.de wrote: > John Wells wrote: > .... >> Excerpt: >> Since you can't escape '{', this syntax will only be recognised when >> the $ is immediately following the {. (Use "{\$" to get a literal >> "{$"). >> >> Does that help? > > Not really, John. > =============================== > $var1 = 1; $var2 = 2; > print("{\$var1: $var2}"); > =============================== > > will output "{$var1: 2}". I need this output "{1: 2}". > What I need is an escape character for the {, but it looks like > PHP doesn't have any. $curly = '{'; echo "$curly$var1: $var2}"; -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?

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