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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: Using count() as an array index
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:43:56 +0200
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Norman Peelman, 18.06.2012 12:32:

> On 06/18/2012 03:46 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle, 16.06.2012 20:44:
[...]
>> "{$anArray[count($anArray)]}\n";
[...]
>> Just because something is possible does not mean you have to use it ;-)
>> Curly braces should only be used for code blocks and not to replace
>> string concatenation.
>>
> 
>   It's a little more than possible... it was designed this way. It's not
> a replacement for string concatenation, it is used (in this context) for

It is.

The form

"text {...something...} text"

is generally the same as

'text' . something . 'text'


> variable expansion within strings. If you don't want to use curly brace
> syntax, then do it the long way, it's your choice. Me personally, I find
> curly brace syntax much more readable than alot of '.'s and '/' escapes
> like alot of people use.

So:

echo 'This is the result: '.$myclass->result;

Is longer than

echo "This is the result: {$myclass->result}";

And why do i have to escape '/'? Seems have missed something ;-)



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