' vs " within html

[Anon]

When im outputting html which contains php vars & functions I always use ' rather than \" .. anybody know of any reason not to use ' e.g. browser / platform problems...
Code Example :

echo "<a href='index.php?page=$page'>";

rather than

echo "<a href=\"index.php?page=$page\">";

I definately preffer ' to \"

Cheers

[Anon]

I believe the double quote is what you should use for the value of an attribute in an SGML document (HTML and XML are both SGML languages). Browsers let you get away with single quotes or even no quotes if there is no whitespace, but why not do it right?

[stuartc1]

I agree, when mixing html and server side scripting languages like php, its usually a good idea to use single quotes with the scripting language and double quotes with html.

"That's just='my personal opinion "anyway"."
🙂

[Anon]

I like the way that using ' rather than \" it looks clearer..

but I suppose \" is better when creating dynamic html & javascript with php...