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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:29:37 +0100
From: Luuk <Luuk@invalid.lan>
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Subject: Re: pass variable in php construct
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On 04-02-11 16:42, Michael Fesser wrote:
> .oO(Curtis Dyer)
> 
>> Joe <juliani.moon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have these simple lines in my php script:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> if (!empty($_GET[req])) {
>>
>> You need quotes around ``req''.
> 
> Yes.
> 
>>>            print "<h2>$_GET[req]</h2>";
>>
>> Here, too.
> 
> No. Note the double quotes around the string. Quotes around the array
> key are not allowed here, unless you use curly syntax. So both of these
> ways are correct:
> 
> print "<h2>$_GET[req]</h2>";
confusing syntax this is.....

But it works, and even better:
print "<h2>$_GET['req']</h2>";  <== produces an error
(PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE,
expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING)


> print "<h2>{$_GET['req']}</h2>";
> 
> Micha


-- 
Luuk