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[Christopher R. Merlo]

On 2004-03-29 10:04 -0500, Scott Mattocks <crisscott at netzero.com> wrote:

> $stuff = 'things';
> echo "I like $stuff"; // output: I like things
> echo 'I like $stuff'; // output: I like $stuff
> 
> In general you should use double quotes when you want part of a string 
> to be parsed and executed.  You should use single quotes otherwise.

It should be noted also that using the single quotes where appropriate
is more efficient; it lets the parser know that there's nothing to
evaluate.
-c

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least bit difficult to write bad programs.
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