Confused about something...

madcat

Hi-

How am I to know when I should use quotes in these situations:

$POST[quotesHere] or
$POST['quotesHere'] => Is this correct?

Take this for example:

$form_block = "
<h1>Login</h1>
<form method=\"post\" action=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\" />
$errMsg

=> If I had instead used - action=\"$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] I get errors on the page.

Is it as simple as saying - yes you use quotes or no you don't?

Thanks for any help!

stolzyboy

$form_block = "<h1>Login</h1>
<form method=\"post\" action=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. "\" />

your single ticks are taking PHP_SELF as literal, not as the server variable, just get out of the quoted string if you want to use single quotes in that instance (concatenation)

madcat

I understand, thanks. Is one way better than the other?

stolzyboy

people tend to think $SERVER[''] is better than $SERVER[], you may want to consult the manual for better reference