Quotes in a variable (like perl)?

[Anon]

In perl, you can do this:

$my_var =~

Stuff """"""

~;

but in php, if you did that, it wouldn't work. Is there anything like this in php?

[daarius]

you can do:

$var = " stuff
stuff \" stuff \" \" \"

";

or

$var = ' stuff
stuff " " " " " "

';

[Anon]

Oh ok, so if I use single quotes, it bumps the double ones out. I get it. Well, that helps, but still doesn't solve the problem. Thanks!

[Anon]

i think the problem was solved twice if i'm not mistaken. you have to add a backslash to escape the quote \" or you can nest your quotes, just like html and javascript. although i know nothing about perl, so i may not understand your problem completely.

[Anon]

And you are right, but in perl, you could do this:

print~
<a href="mysite.com">mysite</a>
<a href="mailto:[e-mail]">email</a>
~;

where as in php:

print("
<a href=\"mysite.com\">mysite</a>
<a href=\"mailto:[e-mail]\">email</a>
");

See how much easier it is in perl?

[Anon]

ahhhhhh, i see your point now. no, i don't think php has anything like that. i've switched to single quotes in my html to avoid that very problem. life is much easier now...

[Anon]

Bummer. Maybe I'll put a comment about it on www.php.net

[Anon]

I didn\'t know that little PERL shortcut.

I never thought that I would learn new PERL syntax just by reading posts in a PHP forum. Who would have thought that? :-)