Re: [RFC] Alternative syntax for Nowdoc.

On 29/06/2021 17:15, Manuel Canga wrote:

Hi, folks, here again with a new purpose: ``` as alternative to Nowdoc syntax. Currently, Nowdoc syntax is very "verbose": $string =<<<'CODE' <div> <p>Link: <a href="%s">'%s'</a><p> </div> CODE;

The big advantage of heredoc and nowdoc syntax is that you can choose the delimiter to be something that you know won't occur in the string. For instance: $markdown = <<<'MD' PHP has lots of ways to write strings:

$example = 'hello';
$example = "hello";
$example = <<<EXAMPLE
hello
EXAMPLE;
$example = <<<EXAMPLE
hello
EXAMPLE;

MD; Unless I'm missing something, your proposed syntax would just be a *more verbose* way of writing single quotes. Regards, -- Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]