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Doc Bug #71927 string interpolation with ${}
Submitted: 2016-03-31 01:27 UTC Modified: 2016-03-31 06:39 UTC
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Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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Status: Open Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 7.0.5 OS:
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 [2016-03-31 01:27 UTC] 1783946138 at qq dot com 
Description:
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The unstable result to use "{}" in string interpolation.It's just because useing space.



Test script:
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error_reporting(E_ALL);

define('great','my');
$great='fantastic';
$my='my value';
echo "This is ${great }<br/>";//output:my value
echo "This is ${ great}<br/>";//output:my value
echo "This is ${ great }<br/>";//output:my value
echo "This is ${great}<br/>";//output:fantastic

Expected result:
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none

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none

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 [2016-03-31 06:39 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Summary: string interpolation +Summary: string interpolation with ${} -Package: PHP Language Specification +Package: Scripting Engine problem -Operating System: windows +Operating System: -PHP Version: 5.5.33 +PHP Version: 7.0.5
 [2016-03-31 06:39 UTC] requinix@php.net 
Huh. https://3v4l.org/jQXFc

I think this is intentional. Or at least a side-effect of intentional design.

${expression} basically has two behaviors:
1. If "expression" is a valid variable name then the value of $expression (or empty string if not defined) is interpolated into the string.
2. If "expression" is not a valid variable name then expression is evaluated and the result is expected to be the name of a variable which can be interpolated.

The first three variations are not valid variable names so the expressions "great ", " great", and " great " are evaluated using the constant and the result is effectively ${my} = "my value".
The fourth variation is a valid variable name and so is interpolated as $great = "fantastic".

This is a little different from how the same syntax works outside of strings: the "expression" is *always* treated as an expression. https://3v4l.org/IjhcH

http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.parsing.complex

I feel like that section could go into more detail about how the {$} and ${} syntaxes work and about what all is and is not allowed with each.
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