On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 02:51:33PM -0400, Adam Reiswig wrote: : : A couple of days ago I placed a post regarding using the $_POST[] : variable in an insert sql query. Both : : $sql="insert into $table set Name = '".$_POST['elementName']."'"; : and : $sql="insert into $table set Name = '{$_POST['elementName']}'"; : : worked perfectly. Thanks to everyone for your help. My question now is : regarding the curly brackets in the 2nd example. Can anyone describe : why using the curly brackets works and/or how php processes them. I : have read quite a bit about php and never come accross thier use in this : way. Thanks again.
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