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Reve Abi khalil
Courses Plus Student 537 PointsWhy don't we use from the first ("") double quotes when we use echo instead of changing it every time we use a variable?
double quotes works if we want to echo a string. Why we use first single quotes and than changing it if we a have a variable to double quotes?
2 Answers
Casey Ydenberg
15,622 PointsProbably the answer is that single quotes are a little faster for the PHP parser - it doesn't have to look through the string to decide if there are any variables inside of it.
IMO it's also a little more readable - a human doesn't have to decide if there are variables that they will have to worry about later; they know it's just a simple string that doesn't depend on any other code.
Benjamin Larson
34,055 PointsHi Reve,
Reading the PHP manual can seem a bit cryptic if you are first learning the language, but it does have great explanations for the different types of syntax that can be used for specifying strings. There are actually 4 ways to specify strings (as of PHP 5.3.0):
- single-quoted
- double-quoted
- heredoc syntax
- nowdoc syntax
There are pros and cons to using each. Check it out at the PHP manual: http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.single
Reve Abi khalil
Courses Plus Student 537 PointsOk Thank You.
Reve Abi khalil
Courses Plus Student 537 PointsReve Abi khalil
Courses Plus Student 537 PointsThank you