Comments on: PHP: Complex Variables in Strings http://tinsology.net/2009/06/php-complex-variables-in-strings/ Read Me Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tinsley http://tinsology.net/2009/06/php-complex-variables-in-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 Tinsley Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:45:05 +0000 http://tinsology.net/?p=735#comment-1432 I don't care much for the syntax either. Personally I like to avoid quotes all together in cases where there is more than one line of output: < ?php $birthday = 16; $today = 14; ?> Today is the < ?php echo $today; ?>th My birthday < ?php echo $birthday; ?>th, which is in < ?php $birthday - $today; ?> days. <?php //more code I'm not so sure that it being faster is worth considering. I mentioned this in my post about over optimization. The performance difference between parsing the string versus concatenating it almost always negligable. In most cases I just use whatever method I think looks best. I don’t care much for the syntax either. Personally I like to avoid quotes all together in cases where there is more than one line of output:

< ?php
$birthday = 16;
$today = 14;
?>
Today is the < ?php echo $today; ?>th
My birthday < ?php echo $birthday; ?>th,
which is in < ?php $birthday - $today; ?> days.
//more code

I’m not so sure that it being faster is worth considering. I mentioned this in my post about over optimization. The performance difference between parsing the string versus concatenating it almost always negligable. In most cases I just use whatever method I think looks best.

]]> By: Mike http://tinsology.net/2009/06/php-complex-variables-in-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Mike Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:37:23 +0000 http://tinsology.net/?p=735#comment-1430 I dislike using curly braces (it makes the code look fulgy). I find something like: echo 'My birthday is on the '.$birthday.'th'; Is a lot faster and looks so much better. I dislike using curly braces (it makes the code look fulgy). I find something like:
echo ‘My birthday is on the ‘.$birthday.’th’;
Is a lot faster and looks so much better.

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