Non-interpolated heredocs??

[bschoate]

In PHP 4, this:

$test = 'test';
$text = <<<EOT
This is a $test
EOT;

produces: "This is a test".

But I want a non-interpolated heredoc that would produce: "This is a $test".

I'm trying to pull arbitrary inline text (with all kinds of special characters-- ', ", $, \, etc.) into a variable and I don't want it screwing with any of the contents (NON-INTERPOLATED)! There has to be a way to do this...

In Perl, you can turn off interpolation by using tick marks around the closing token:

$text = <<'EOT';
This is a $test
EOT

But that syntax (using the tick marks like that) doesn't work with PHP's <<< operator.

And please don't ask me to assign '$test' to $test as a solution-- I need something that works without knowing beforehand what the content within the heredoc section will be.

Thanks!

[[deleted]]

Why don't you just put two ticks around the entire 'heredoc' part?

[bschoate]

And exactly how would that help?

$test = 'test';
$text = <<<EOT
'This is a $test'
EOT;

Just produces: "'This is a test'"
instead of the desired: "This is a $test"

Please post code with your reply if you think you have a solution.

[[deleted]]

sorry, meant to add:
and forget the entire heredoc thing and read it as a string.

$text =
'This is a $test'
;