Re: PHP textbook suggestions?

On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 22:47 -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: > On Tue, April 10, 2007 9:40 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: > >> echo "The cost is ", $cost; > > > > -1 Improper use of double quotes when nothing interpolated. > > Yeah, I used to believe in that Urban Legend, and even promulgated it, > once upon a time. > > Then Rasmus set me straight that it's not really any faster/slower, > and the only difference is whatever is more convenient, if you don't > need anything interpolated. > > Remember that '' examine each character in turn to detect \' and \\ > > It is the same order of magnitude search, with a slightly smaller > constant number of patterns to find. > > I actually do often use '' if there is nothing to interpolate, for > longer strings especially, so that the reader (me) knows that there is > nothing being interpolated. > > But on a short enough string, it just doesn't matter which is used. I meant the -1 in jest ;) While I do promulgate proper use of quotes, I do so mostly because it provides better clarity of intent... as you have stated above. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'