n00bish PHP question

Yeah, I'm really tired, How do I write a URL in PHP?

$variable = (http://www.domain.com/index.php-forum-3.html)

thats what my URL looks like. How do I write it so it works? I mean like adding backslashes and things.

 

Do you just want to set it as a variable?

$var = 'http://www.example.com/blah_blah_blah.html';

Josh

 

what do you mean with "so it works"? if you want it to be clickable, you have to use proper html tags (<a href="..."></a>), if you just want to make a string with a url in it, then Acecool's solution will do fine.

 

Dont realy understand what your trying to do?

$variable = "http://www.domain.com/index.php-forum-3.html";
echo $variable;

 

Avoid double quotes where possible.. In small applications it wont matter, but if you create a large application it will slow down the script quite a bit.

 

Yeah....with 0.00001 miliseconds

 

It won't parse variables and just spit it out (echo '$var' will spit out $var, not whats in the variable).

I think amorph hit the nail on the head..

 

Well someone took the time you actually find this out


http://spindrop.us/2007/03/03/php-double-versus-single-quotes/


It's some personal blog I ran into but it seems legit.

The best part

So Cody really summed up their real uses.

 

$var = "0";
echo "$var"; echos 0

echo '$var'; echos $var

echo $var; echos 0 // BEST WAY

 

there really is no "best" way to do it. it's all about choice. personally i like to concatenate strings around my variables for easy location within my editor. (different color) see example.

$var = "variable";
echo "this " .$var. " is being output to the screen.";

PHP:

vs

$var = "variable";
echo "this $var is being output to the screen.";

PHP:

 

Using single quotes forces you to do just that, and it doenst have to even look at the stuff that is not ' . here . ' which helps for HUGE applications

 

again, it's a matter of choice. single quotes or double, it really doesn't matter.