Re: Here files and backslashes

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000 16:03:12 +0000 Jeff Gannaway <webmaster@cactusgraphics.com> wrote: > At 11:51 AM 7/4/00 -0700, J C Lawrence wrote: >> Most interestingly it doesn't generate a warning for every >> backslash character. In the above example is misses the first >> several backslashes and generates a warning on only the strings >> "\|" and "\<nl>" where <nl> is an LF (bottom of the >> man's shield >> and end of his sword). > \ is the escape character for PHP. For example, if someone wanted > to print: You are missing a key element of the bug report: The runtime error is being reported for the $variable __assignment__ NOT for its later use or display. Specifically: $var2 = <<< END_VAR ... END_VAR; for the case of the dragon drawing is reporting a runtime error. I'm not manipulating the variable at that time at all, Just using a here file to assign a value to it. I don't believe that PHP should be at concerned with character escapes in here file variable assignments. > The easiest command to use is addslashes(). Yep, this is what I'd do if the error were occuring during later variable manipulation (and in fact I do use addslashes() there). -- "Finally coming home" Home: claw@kanga.nu J C Lawrence Other: coder@kanga.nu ----------(*) Keys etc: finger claw@kanga.nu --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--