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--- ower_own_php_wiki [2007/09/14 01:44] – created roumani
+++ ower_own_php_wiki [2007/10/03 05:06] (current) – cs241101
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 ====== Our Own PHP Wiki ======
+echo processes statements within single quotes and double quotes differently:
+<code php>
+$name=Robot;
+echo 'Hello, $name';
+echo "Hello, $name";
+</code>
+The output will look like:
+<code HTML>
+Hello, $name
+Hello, Robot
+</code>
+So when you have a string in single quotes, it prints everything as it is ("literally"). When you put it in double quotes, it'll expand it, process it and then print it. Single quotes is faster; double quotes has far more uses.
+View more details on **[[http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php|echo]]**