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How do I add double quotes to a variable?


datafan

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This may be a simple question but it's difficult to Google it. I need to take an existing variable and put double quotes around it.

So I have:

 

$foo = "bar";

echo $foo;

bar

 

I need:

"bar"

 

I have tried several variations of something like this:

$foo = '"' . $foo . '"';    (those are single quotes around double quotes in this example)

 

But everything I try seems to either throw a syntax type error or not do what I need.

Any ideas? 

Thank You

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<?php
$foo = "bar";
echo "$foo\n";
$kungfoo = '"$foo"';
echo "$kungfoo\n";
?>

I apologize, I should have clarified a bit better in my question.

 

My variable $foo is already set without the quotes, and I need to add quotes to the existing $variable.

 

The above code returns

bar

"$foo"

 

and I need

bar

"bar"

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