Problem with quotes

[andy.z@blueyonder.com]

I'm writing a PHP line to the foot of a file using another language. my
problem is I'm not sure how to write it so that the quotes (both single
and double) are corret for PHP to process.

The language I'm writing the PHP line with uses single quotes for a print
statement.

Therefore the line I want to write is (reducing to a single array
element to simplify):

$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );

As you can see the quotes are complex already - but this line must be
written from another language enclosed in single quotes as:

print '$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );'

So - my question is - how on earth do I escape such a thing?


Can anyone help please?


Andy

[Rik]

Re: Problem with quotes

<andy.z@blueyon der.comwrote:

>
I'm writing a PHP line to the foot of a file using another language. my
problem is I'm not sure how to write it so that the quotes (both single
and double) are corret for PHP to process.
>
The language I'm writing the PHP line with uses single quotes for a print
statement.
>
Therefore the line I want to write is (reducing to a single array
element to simplify):
>
$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );
>
As you can see the quotes are complex already - but this line must be
written from another language enclosed in single quotes as:
>
print '$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );'
>
So - my question is - how on earth do I escape such a thing?
>
>
Can anyone help please?

heredoc?
print '$myArray = ( "Quote" =<<<HEREDOC
It's time, "he said."
HEREDOC
);'
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[Rik]

Re: Problem with quotes

Rik <luiheidsgoeroe @hotmail.comwro te:

<andy.z@blueyon der.comwrote:
>

>>
>I'm writing a PHP line to the foot of a file using another language. my
>problem is I'm not sure how to write it so that the quotes (both single
>and double) are corret for PHP to process.
>>
>The language I'm writing the PHP line with uses single quotes for a
>print
>statement.
>>
>Therefore the line I want to write is (reducing to a single array
>element to simplify):
>>
>$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );
>>
>As you can see the quotes are complex already - but this line must be
>written from another language enclosed in single quotes as:
>>
>print '$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );'
>>
>So - my question is - how on earth do I escape such a thing?
>>
>>
>Can anyone help please?

>
>
heredoc?
print '$myArray = ( "Quote" =<<<HEREDOC
It's time, "he said."
HEREDOC
);'

Offcourse, the single ' probably has to be escaped for your own language:

print '$myArray = ( "Quote" =<<<HEREDOC
It\'s time, "he said."
HEREDOC
);'
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[Toby A Inkster]

Re: Problem with quotes

andy.z wrote:

$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );

Backslashes:

$myArray = array("Quote" ="It's time, \"he said\"");

As you can see the quotes are complex already - but this line must be
written from another language enclosed in single quotes as

What is this other language? What mechanisms does this other language have
for escaping quotes?

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Problem with quotes

andy.z@blueyond er.com wrote:

I'm writing a PHP line to the foot of a file using another language. my
problem is I'm not sure how to write it so that the quotes (both single
and double) are corret for PHP to process.
>
The language I'm writing the PHP line with uses single quotes for a print
statement.
>
Therefore the line I want to write is (reducing to a single array
element to simplify):
>
$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );
>
As you can see the quotes are complex already - but this line must be
written from another language enclosed in single quotes as:
>
print '$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );'
>
So - my question is - how on earth do I escape such a thing?
>
>
Can anyone help please?
>
>
Andy

Or,

print '$myArray = ( "Quote" ="\"It's time,\" he said." );')

(I think you want the space after the quote, not before it).

But if you're trying to display this on an HTML page (i.e. a footer),
you should think about using the HTML &quot; i.e.

print '$myArray = ( "Quote" ="&quot;It's time,&quot; he said." );')

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Problem with quotes

andy.z@blueyond er.com wrote:

I'm writing a PHP line to the foot of a file using another language. my
problem is I'm not sure how to write it so that the quotes (both single
and double) are corret for PHP to process.
>
The language I'm writing the PHP line with uses single quotes for a print
statement.
>
Therefore the line I want to write is (reducing to a single array
element to simplify):
>
$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );
>
As you can see the quotes are complex already - but this line must be
written from another language enclosed in single quotes as:
>
print '$myArray = ( "Quote" ="It's time, "he said."" );'
>
So - my question is - how on earth do I escape such a thing?
>
>
Can anyone help please?
>
>
Andy

And BTW - you'll have to check whatever language you're using to see how
to handle the single quote within your string.

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