On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:04:25 -0700, Paul Novitski wrote:

> It's so interesting that some details bug some people and others bug 
> others.  In an expression such as this:
> 
>          echo '<option value="' . $day . '"' . $selected . '>' . $day 
> . '</option>';
> 
> ...I count eight transitions (instances of switching between PHP 
> syntax and output text) -- one each time you open or close a quote -- 
> compared to just two transitions (the opening & closing labels) for 
> the comparable heredoc statement:
> 
>          print <<< hdDay
>          <option value="$day"$sSelected>$day</option>
> 
> hdDay;
> 

   That's funny. I count eight transitions in both
examples. The difference in the second example is
that the transition switches have changed from
open/closing quote to '$'/not-a-variable-character.


  --nfe

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