[PHP] how to echo any text including brackets?

[Internet 0]

Well i need to echo this exact text and keep the same formatting

e(72,0,0,"-",false,"nav9",

how can i store that in a variable without getting unexpected bracket errors when i try to echo it

[russellc 1]

To echo:

echo 'e(72,0,0,"-",false,"nav9",';

To store in a variable:

$varName = 'e(72,0,0,"-",false,"nav9",';
echo $varName;

[stereopixels 23]

$variableName = 'e(72,0,0,"-",false,"nav9",'

Using single quotes around it should work.

[FlibbyFlobby 0]

Well i need to echo this exact text and keep the same formatting

e(72,0,0,"-",false,"nav9",

how can i store that in a variable without getting unexpected bracket errors when i try to echo it

Store it as a string:

$string = 'e(72,0,0,"-",false,"nav9",';
echo $string;

[zivan56 22]

echo <<<END

Whatever you want as long as line does not start with END and semicolon

END;

$test = <<<END

....

Also works.

[ckgni 0]

Yes, I use to do what ivanz said with <<<EOF

print <<<EOF
e(72,0,0,"-",false,"nav9",
EOF;

It is necessary to have not any blank spaces after <<<EOF and before EOF; else you will get a parse error.

Another (but more difficult) way is to use escape character \

print "e(72,0,0,\"-\",false,\"nav9\",";

or (as already russelc said) you can use single quotes.

You can enclose double quotation marks within single quotation marks and vice versa.

Edited February 12, 2008 by ckgni