Weird: string output problem

[Anon]

After i read several "single vs. double quotes" threads, i decided to use single quotes from now on. As i overhauled one of my minor scripts i noticed a weird problem.

This statement:

echo('some text \n on a new line');

would output:

"some text \n on a new line"

But it's supposed to output:

"some text
on a new line"

Same if i use print(). Do the single quotes cause this behaviour? How can this be fixed?

Is it better to use

echo "some text ...";

or

echo 'some text ...';

instead?

[Anon]

double quotes are parsed by php and will let you use \n and it will recognise php variables in the string.

single quotes are not parsed, and thus are faster to output.

so, only use double quotes when you need php variables and new-lines and stuff.

[Anon]

Thanks for the fast resonse, and if i get you right it's no problem to use:

require('somefile.inc');

instead of

require("somefile.inc");

since there is nothing to parse, right?