Do You HAVE To Split MySQL Querys Into 2 Lines?

[jhale1966]

I was just wondering what the difference was between:

 

$query = \"SELECT * FROM [tablename] WHERE [whatever]=[whatever]\";

$result = mysql_query($query);

 

and

 

$result = mysql_query(\"SELECT * FROM [tablename] WHERE [whatever]=[whatever]\");

 

Is it just better programming practice to split them up? I\'m still very new to this and would like to start off on the right foot.

 

Thanks!

[Arenium]

i think it\'s easier debugging to split it, especially if you have a REALLY long query

[jhale1966]

Gotcha!

 

So it\'s best that I go ahead and keep doing it for consistancy.