Dot Question

jontyjonty

I don't suppose anybody can tell me what the dot means in the following codes please? - so I can google it and learn about it!
Thanks very much
Jonty

$destination = 'images/'.$_FILES['file2']['name'];

and

$errmsg = $errmsg."</table>";

laserlight

It means "concatenate", i.e., join. You can read the PHP manual entry on String Operators to find out more.

Also, this thread shall be moved to the Newbies forum.

ShawnK

Normally when you have a full string you can just put it all within ""'s like this:

echo "BLAH BLAH BLAH!";

But when you introduce variables and functions into the command you have to "get out" of the ""'s for a bit to execute your code, the period tells PHP to not expect a string anymore like this:

$name = "Shawn";
echo "Hello". $name ."! The time is now: ". time() ."!";
// That would output:
// Hello Shawn! The time is now: 8:20!

jontyjonty

Very disappointed to have been relegated to the beginners forum :-) ..... but thank you both for your help.

nrg_alpha

jontyjonty;10894953 wrote:
Very disappointed to have been relegated to the beginners forum :-) ..... but thank you both for your help.

Hmm.. dunno about you, but a question such as what you asked is a newbie question 😉 Don't feel bad however.. we all had to start somewhere (I just wish my mother gave me a laptop with php installed while still in the womb.. would have given me one hell of a head start 🙂 )