Re: Error on page

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Quintessence <quintessenceanx@gmail.com> wrote: > Concerning: > http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php > > I was reading through to learn PHP basics before starting my new job, and I > found the following section: > > |<?php| > |$beer = 'Heineken';| > |echo "$beer's taste is great"; // works; "'" is an invalid > character for > variable names| > |echo "He drank some $beers"; // won't work; 's' is a valid > character > for variable names| > |echo "He drank some ${beer}s"; // works| > |echo "He drank some {$beer}s"; // works| > |?>| > || > > | > |I think this should actually be:| > | > > |<?php| > |$beer = 'Heineken';| > |echo "$beer's taste is great"; // won't > work; "'" is an invalid character for variable names| It works. It prints "Heineken's taste is great". -Hannes