Re: Re: Variables within a string

On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:11, Analysis & Solutions wrote: > On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 08:39:16PM -0500, webapprentice wrote: > > From: Jason Wong <php-general@gremlins.com.hk> > > > > On Monday 11 March 2002 11:10, Chris Cocuzzo wrote: > > > $foo = "Entry for " . $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"]; > > > > $foo = "Entry for for $HTTP_POST_VARS[name]"; > > But that's not good programming. Associative arrays should have the key > quoted in order to avoid confusion with contants. See > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php#language.types.array. >donts Inside of double-quoted strings there is no need to single-quote the array key (in fact it can't be done, gives syntax error). The section of the manual you quoted states this :) [snip] > Now, I wonder why you're even assigning this information to yet another > varialbe. Why not just use the information straight up?: > echo "Entry for for $name"; > > Of course, there are legitimate reasons for your approach, but often new > programmers needlessly assign stuff to varialbes. Just making sure. For security reasons. To make sure the variable did come from POSTing a form and not from the URL. > Finally, if you really want to use $HTTP_POST_VARS[] AND your'e > running PHP 4.1*, consider using the superglobal $_POST[] instead. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk /* Nobody knows what goes between his cold toes and his warm ears. -- Roy Harper */