Text - REQUEST - text??

[redgunner]

$message = 'Hi ' . $_REQUEST["fullname"] . ' How are you?!;

 

Is this an efficient way of doing this?

[.josh]

well I don't see a closing parenthesis after the ' How are you

 

other than that, where is this "fullname" supposed to be coming from?

 

p.s.- it helps if you actually post what the problem is.

[Jessica]

I think you mean apostrophe CV

[Anti-Moronic]

I'm assuming you mean make this a little less 'messy'.

 

How about:

 

<?php

$fullname = $_REQUEST['fullname'];

$message = "Hi $fullname How are you?!";

?>

That's certainly less messy. It should be noted technically, using the ' ' is faster (albeit minutely in this case) because php doesn't look for variables to parse. AND you're not assigning any variables, so your statement is more efficient, but the one above is less messy.

 

I would like to point out, FILTER your input. Do not just blindly accept input from the user. Fullname could contain some malicious javascript!

 

Hope that helps.

 

[.josh]

I think you mean apostrophe CV

 

haha oops... no wait, wait, i DID mean parenthesis.  You see, an apostrophe looks like a mini parenthesis, and I didn't want to hurt its feelings by pointing out how it isn't as long as the parenthesis, so I called it a parenthesis to be politically correct.  Kind of like how you can't call a midget a midget.