PHP Syntax question

[BlodoPKNZ]

Very noob question but i just cant seem to find an answer for it. How to print a variable between text in the browser.

like:

PHP Code:

$day = 'monday';
echo 'today is' $day 'and im going to town'; 


Obviously that wont work, but what will then?

[jonbalza]

Can't you do this?

PHP Code:

$day = 'monday'; 
echo("today is $day and im going to town"); 


[BlodoPKNZ]

Nope coz it will output $day as text not reading the var.

[jonbalza]

OK, then do this:

PHP Code:

$day = 'monday'; 
echo "today is " . $day . " and im going to town"; 


The . operator is the concatenation method for PHP.

[BlodoPKNZ]

Sorry im an idiot. Your previous method worked i just forgot to delete a semicolon

Well thanks anyway.

[jonbalza]

Glad I could help.

instead of that, u could

$varible = 'whatever';
print ('hello, $varible');

and/or

echo 'hello, $varible';

but always remeber the ;

[BlodoPKNZ]

I know about the " ; " but php is so syntax sensitive that i get frustrated sometimes Anyways i needed that for a super simple image gallery script

PHP Code:

<?php $name = $_GET['name'];
echo "<img src=shots/$name.jpg>";
?>

It works now so i guess next thing will be ill try to expand it hehe

[Order]

first off, here is the rule on "" and '' in php.

" and " should be used where you have vars in there, if possible, use . to keep var seperate from strings as much as possible. " and " take more processing times since they check for vars inside them. This method is taught the most, but is the wrong way of doing things.

' and ' do not check for vars, and will speed your script up nicely, and it is also good coding habit. Use . to keep vars seperate.

Either way works, just the little differences in them.

[BlodoPKNZ]

Thanks Order, thats worth remembering