Error with echo <<<EOT + array

[yglodt]

Hello,
see the slight difference between:

echo <<<EOT
<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">
<td class=\"h\" colspan=\"7\" align=\"center\">$MonthNames[$this->MonthToShow] $this->YearToShow</td>
<tr>
EOT;

and:

echo <<<EOT
<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">
<td class=\"h\" colspan=\"7\" align=\"center\">$MonthNames[1] $this->YearToShow</td>
<tr>
EOT;

The second one works, while the frist one gives:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `\']\'\' in /home/yves/projects/php/calendars/calendar_class.php on line 87

What\'s the matter?

yves

[[deleted]]

That's because you should never ever quote variables. Always concatenate them, or use 'proper' echo statements:

?>
<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
<td class="h" colspan="7" align="center"><? echo $MonthNames[$this->MonthToShow].' '.$this->YearToShow;?></td>
<tr>
<?

[Anon]

Hi,

what do you mean by \'quote variables\'?

I did like mthis now, and that\'s ok:
print \'<tr><td class=\"h\" colspan=\"7\">\'.$MonthNames[$this->MonthToShow].\' \'.$this->YearToShow.\"</td></tr>\n\";

(All the backslashes were added by the forum, not by me. I use single quotes where
possible therefore)

[[deleted]]

I mean just that: quoting variables:

$sMyVar = "hello";
echo "$sMyVar";

The quote in the echo are useless and will only cause trouble.