RE: [PHP] how call a variable in a text

On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 15:51 -0500, David Murphy wrote: > True however K.I.S.S would say , if you can use it like > > > > > > echo “This is a statement {$Blah}.”; > > echo “This is also a statement {$objBlah->BlahString}.”; > > echo “This is also a statement {$tBlah[‘BlahKey’]}.”; > > > > > > You should do it so you are always using the same expected format, > cleaner for readability and training other people to understand how > you code. > > > > > > This is my personal thoughts on it, everyone has their own prefs. > > > > David > > > > > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:43 PM > To: David Murphy > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] how call a variable in a text > > > > > > On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 15:40 -0500, David Murphy wrote: > > > > This is actually much better the { and } make it very obvious where the variable is and also > it can keep odd issues from occurring sometimes. > > $message="<b> There is a text {$variable} trial. </b> "; > > There is always sprint type functions also. > > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aballard@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:23 PM > To: Bulend Kolay > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] how call a variable in a text > > 2009/10/21 Bulend Kolay <bmalik@ihlas.net.tr>: > > I 'll send a mail in html form using php5. > > > > cat send.php > > <?php > > $variable="date1" ; > > .. > > .. > > $message=' > > > > <b> There is a text $variable trial. </b> '; > > > > mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ; ?> > > > > when I run send.php, I get the mail. But I can't call variable called > > variable. it comes as string. > > How can I correct this? > > > > You need to use double quotes (or HEREDOC) if you want PHP to replace $variable with its value > in the string: > > $message=" > > <b> There is a text $variable trial. </b> "; > > or > > $message = <<<MESSAGE > > <b> There is a text $variable trial. </b> MESSAGE; > > > > Andrew > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: ����� > 将u�ӿ�http://www.php.net/unsub.php > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.24/2449 - Release Date: 10/20/09 18:42:00 > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > The {} only become really useful when you're trying to reference > arrays within a string: > > $var = array('great', 'boring'); > > $text = "this is {$var[0]}."; > > Without the curly braces, PHP wouldn't be able to figure out whether > you wanted the end string to be 'This is great.' or 'This is [0].' > despite the variable itself clearly being an array. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.24/2449 - Release Date: 10/20/09 18:42:00 > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I reckon that part is all down to personal preference. Interesting to see it works on objects too though. I've not seen that before, I was always breaking outside of the strings for that type of thing. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk