Re: Should I care about these errors?

From: Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:26:34 +0000
Subject: Re: Should I care about these errors?
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tedd wrote:
At 11:50 PM +1000 11/5/09, Angus Mann wrote:
OK...point taken. On a partly related matter, which of the following is "correct" or "Better" ? echo("Stuff to display..."); or echo 'Stuff to display...'; or echo "Stuff to display..."; or echo('Stuff to display...');
I use:
    echo('Stuff to display...');
First, it easy for me to read. Second, the processor doe not evaluate the contents. However,
    echo 'Stuff to display...';
is probably the more "purest" route. You don't need the parenthesis. If you have a variable in the mix, then use double quotes, such as:
    echo("Stuff to display... $stuff");
This is really a personal preference. The same issue arises with the use of require, require_once, include, and include_once. None of these are functions (just like echo) and so they do not need the parenthesis. That said... for eacho I prefer to leave the parenthesis off since it makes formatting of text more convenient. However for require, include, etc... I usually add parenthesis so that it looks like a function :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP

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