Waht do these mean in php "{}"

[daboymac]

in other languages they are used for a body of code....but i came across this line

echo "<option value = '{$row['Mascot']}'>";

what does it mean?

[wildteen88]

These are used when echo'ing an array within a string. Without those braces PHP will get confused. You can add these into code to help PHP out.

[kratsg]

They have multiple meanings.

 

This is true:

These are used when echo'ing an array within a string. Without those braces PHP will get confused. You can add these into code to help PHP out.

 

PHP.net includes a description of the difference between interpreting 'Mascot' as a string, a value, or a literal (diff analysis).

 

It also is used in RegExp to define a range of values:

$pattern = '/[0-9]{1,2}/'

Where that means that two numbers from 0 - 9 show up at least once, and no more than two times. {1,2} = {min,max}

[daboymac]

oh...ok. I get it now...I havent delt much with strings yet