Re: Are '...' faster than "..." in normal code? Single Quot es vs. Double Quotes

> > That goes without saying I think... > > Perhaps. Some people may not know about it and is why > I pointed that fact out. > It also goes to explain why '' is faster than "". > :p > I wasn't asking or talking about interpolation, mine is a general query: For all other strings, where I'm NOT doing any interpolation, I'm getting the impression that ' ' is faster than " ". Cool, seems logical. So why doesn't everyone use it? How come everyone's code is scattered with array indexes as ["baz"] and default values like var $myProperty = "default_val"; am I being too pedantic by thinking to myself (d'oh have to use a quotation mark, grrrr) "I'm not doing anything here with the string other than just wanting it's value, so I'll use single quotes". Where as those times where I'll interpolate or I want \n, etc correctly used I'll use "double quotes". And okay since we're burning lets add some accelerant: What's better/faster? $bootType = 'Army'; // or should that be $bootType = "Army" ;) echo "Yo momma wears $bootType boots"; or echo 'Yo momma wears '.$bootType.' boots'; or // this one seems silly echo "Yo momma wears ".$bootType." boots"; Feel the fires, taste the death. hehehe... 8-) Matt.