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Doc Bug #27181 extra quote marks in example 2.7 in PHP manual lists
Submitted: 2004-02-07 23:18 UTC Modified: 2004-02-08 03:53 UTC
From: admin at kcfreepress dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: n/a
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-02-07 23:18 UTC] admin at kcfreepress dot com 
Description:
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Quoted from the PHP Manual (CHM file version, generated: Sun Oct 05 02:13:52 2003)

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Example 2-7. Printing data from our form

Hi <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>.
You are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old.
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In order to avoid parse errors, it seems like this should instead read:

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Example 2-7. Printing data from our form

Hi <?php echo $_POST[name]; ?>.
You are <?php echo $_POST[age]; ?> years old.
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 [2004-02-08 00:55 UTC] kennyt@php.net 
Thanks for your comments, but this is not the case. :)

In general, you must quote the keys used in array operations. If you don't, you'll get a lot of notices when using E_ALL reporting mode. (And you are using E_ALL, aren't you?)

So really, the ["key"] notation is correct. [key] is just a hack, and shouldn't be used. ['key'], of course, would be best. =)
 [2004-02-08 03:53 UTC] et@php.net 
Using quotes only leads to parse errors in strings when not using curly braces, so "foo $array['bar']" would be incorrect, but that's the only case you don't use quotes. Using "foo {$array["bar"]}" would be correct again. See the manual page at http://php.net/types.string for further reference.
 
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