[SOLVED] String question

[Minase]

hy there ,i have the following code

 

define ("test", "a value ...");
$text = 'Welcome to test ,enjoy your stay';

// the output should be $text = 'Welcome to a value... , enjoy your stay';

 

i tryed eval but doesnt work ...

thank you

[premiso]

$text = 'Welcome to ' . test . ',enjoy your stay';

 

A note, it is good practice to put constants in caps so people know that it is a constant.

[Minase]

i want something different.i know that way but the code look a little messy :|

thx for reply.

saw at someone that he used eval or something similar

[DarkWater]

Constants don't magically interpolate into strings.  You'll either need to use a variable or concatenate.

 

<?php
$test = "a value ...";
$text = "Welcome to $test ,enjoy your stay"; //notice the DOUBLE QUOTES
?>

<?php
define("test", "a value ...");
$text = 'Welcome to ' . test . ' ,enjoy your stay.';
?>

[Minase]

i dont want to use double quotes i already have lots of them and i dont want to escape characters too much

[jonsjava]

hy there ,i have the following code

 

define ("test", "a value ...");
$text = 'Welcome to test ,enjoy your stay';

// the output should be $text = 'Welcome to a value... , enjoy your stay';

 

i tryed eval but doesnt work ...

thank you

it sets a named constant. the only way you can use that so it works would be something like

<?php
define ("TEST", "a value ...");
$text = "Welcome to ".TEST." ,enjoy your stay";
print $text;
?>

now, to replace, I would use

<?php
$text = "Welcome to test ,enjoy your stay";
$text = str_ireplace("test", "a value....", $text);
print $text;
?>

[DarkWater]

@jonsjava: That's going to probably be much slower than having PHP handle the interpolation.

 

@Minase: Get over it and use double quotes or structure your code better (i.e: a templating system).

[Minase]

yes  i will add a template system its better.

thank you