[cebuy]

I have a mysql database set up for affiliate links that contain ' and " in them. I am trying to rotate these links and I am trying to learn arrays for the first time. In an array I notice that " is used a lot. Do I need to use \" to escape it? I have the magic quotes thing turned on at my my server but I was wondering if anyone had any pointers on how to approach this. Many of the these affiliate links are several lines of html code and I also will be using this code to rotate text and sentences for search engine optmization of doorway pages...
Any thoughts???

Chris

[moronovich]

again, this is the similar question with, "how to distinguish single quote (') and double quote (") in a string?" i'll try to give a brief explanation on it.
1. single quotes (') are used to enclose string which won't be parsed by php.
eg:

PHP Code:

   $myString = 'This is unparsed';

   print 'Is this unparsed? $myString'; //would print Is this unparsed? $myString 

2. double quotes (") are used to enclose string which will be parsed by php.
eg:

PHP Code:

   $myString = "This is parsed";

   print "Is this unparsed? $myString"; //would print Is this unparsed? This is parsed 

When to use single quotes:
#if the string doesn't contain php vars
#if you care about micro/milliseconds spent in parsing a string
When to use double quotes:
#if the string contains php vars
#if you don't care about micro/milliseconds spent in parsing a string

Quotes in an array

PHP Code:

$myArray['first'] = 1;

//equivalent with

$myArray = array('first' => 1);



$key = 'first';

$myArray[$key] = 1;

//equivalent with

$myArray["$key"] = 1;

//and

$myArray = array("$key" => 1);

//and

$myArray = array('first' => 1); 

When to use backslash (\) in a string / array:
if you want to escape special character or there is a quote in a parsed string.

Good luck with your project..