[Patiek]

Originally Posted by mab

Both [] and {} work. However, if you include the {} form in a quoted string, the results are not as expected -

PHP Code:

<?php

$string = "abcdef";

echo "The 1st char of the string is: $string[0]<br>";

echo "The 1st char of the string is: $string{0}<br>";

?>

Results in this output -
The 1st char of the string is: a
The 1st char of the string is: abcdef{0}

Or if you always use {} for strings, etc, then you don't have the problem:

PHP Code:

$string = "abcdef";

echo "The 1st char of the string is: $string[0]<br>";

echo "The 1st char of the string is: {$string{0}}<br>";



// plus benefits

echo "The string is: $stringg<br>";

echo "The string is: {$string}g<br>";

?>