[iRuben]

What is the use of al this crappy \" formatting in PHP??? For instance, a line like this:

Code:

echo "<table align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">"

Works just as well when entered like this:

Code:

echo "<table align='center' width='95%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'>"

...which is a lot clearer in my opinion. I don't like this \" format at all, makes my code harder to read, what is the exact use why 95% of all PHP code is made like this?

[the|Skrilla]

I use the single-quote on all of my php sccripts instead of the double-quote.

And I think the reason people commonly use the double-quote is because it is a standard and they might not know that a single-quote works.

[ermau]

Because a single quote in defining a value of an html attribute is not valid. Double quotes are the only valid way to do it, but you should do it like this:

PHP Code:

echo '<table align="center" width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">'; 

Some browsers sometime freak out if you don't have double quotes around the attribute values.. besides it's the way it's supposed to be done anyways.

[jewellgr]

Also, when I am saving info to store into a csv like this:

PHP Code:

$results .= "$name,$phone\n"; 

If I used this instead:

PHP Code:

$results .= '$name,$phone\n'; 

It puts the endline (\n) into the cell with the phone information instead of actually breaking the line.
So using double quotation produces this:
Gregg| 555.555.5555
Jewell|222.222.2222
Using single quotation produces this:
Gregg|555.555.5555\n|Jewell|222.222.2222\n....

[iRuben]

Thanks for the replies and the additional info on the \n thing. I don't think I've used the \n anywhere in my site, but I'll keep this in mind in case something doesn't work right.

For now, I have changed all \" occurances into ' and everything seems to be okay and my code is a lot more readable. :-D

[nefariousphp]

The main reason is because HTML 4.0 is not compatiable inside php coding.

<table width=\"100%\"> is called XHTML
Also maybe seen like this <br /> or <p />

[kennethlove666]

nefariousphp - that's not exactly right.
you've always been SUPPOSED to use "'s and closing tags in HTML. it's just that it's required in XHTML.

[nefariousphp]

Go to www.php.net, tell them that, lmao

Good day =)

[ermau]

Originally posted by nefariousphp
The main reason is because HTML 4.0 is not compatiable inside php coding.

<table width=\"100%\"> is called XHTML
Also maybe seen like this <br /> or <p />

\" is NOT XHTML, /> is, \" isn't. :

$results .= '$name... wouldn't work, php won't parse that, it should be $results .= $name.','.$phone;

[the|Skrilla]

true. The backslash is simply a delimiter, telling php to ignore any meaning for the proceeding character, just like in regular expressions.