[thelist] Quoted attibute values

Hendrik Mans hm at netzbiest.de
Tue Jan 16 04:52:31 CST 2001


List,

> from what i understand...if you use
> 
>             echo "
> 
> then all of your double quotes must be \'ed out....and you may use
> single-quotes unless -
> 
> if you use
> 
>             echo '
> 
> then the opposite is true....

Careful: "strings" are parsed, 'strings' are unparsed. So if you do this:

---cut---
$name = "Foo";
print("Hi $name!");
---cut---

it will print

---cut---
Hi Foo!
---cut---

but if you do this:

---cut---
$name = "Foo";
print('Hi $name!');
---cut---

it will print

---cut---
Hi $name!
---cut---

Take care,
Hendrik






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