Clarification about PHP quote marks

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July 23rd, 2004, 01:41 PM

fozzyuw

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Clarification about PHP quote marks

Hi,

I notice that both single ( ' ) and double( " ) quote marks can be used in PHP.

I'm wondering if there's any specific rule to using these with MySQL input, PHP , and HTML code or if you can just use whatever you prefer?

Then I'd like to know what people feel is a better PHP coding style to use. As it is, I can't decide if it's better using \" or just ' in side a text string when required quotes inside of quotes kind of deal.

Cheesr,
Fozzy

July 23rd, 2004, 05:36 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fozzyuw

I notice that both single ( ' ) and double( " ) quote marks can be used in PHP.

Yes.
Either one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fozzyuw

I'm wondering if there's any specific rule to using these with MySQL input, PHP , and HTML code or if you can just use whatever you prefer?

Here's an example or two (you should be able to figure it out

Code:

  <img src="image.jpg" alt="image" title="image">
  $stringWithNoVariables = 'print me out';
  $stringWithVariables = "$x is nice";
  $sqlQuery = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE title = 'title' ";

Quote:

Originally Posted by fozzyuw

Then I'd like to know what people feel is a better PHP coding style to use. As it is, I can't decide if it's better using \" or just ' in side a text string when required quotes inside of quotes kind of deal.

Use single quotes (') if you don't have any variables and double (") if you do.
PHP doesn't even look at single quotes (') so the page executes faster.
Hope this helps!

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