Combining lines

echo '<a href="';
echo $row['link'];
echo '" target="_blank">';
echo $row['capTitle'];
echo '</a>';


How can I make this link into one line of code, I have a hard time believing this is the most effective.

 

echo '<a href="'.$row[link].'" target="_blank">'.$row[capTitle].'</a>';

 

So in php . combines something onto the end and lets you keep adding? Or just in the echo tag?

 

yes keep adding to the string

 

Thanks alot, there is alot of places I can use that learn a little bit everyday!

 

echo '<a href="', $row['link'], '" target="_blank">', $row['capTitle'], '</a>';

PHP:

I've read somewhere, maybe in a blog post about PHP code optimization that the "," is faster than "." for string concatenation

 

of if you want to combine some string in different line you can use like this:

$var .= "Line1";
$var .= "Line2";
$var .= "Line3";

PHP:

This method will useful if you need add some process between the lines.