Function Evaluation inside a literal.

[ImOk]

Is there a way to have a function inside a literal string evaluated
similar to variable or array evaluation?

something similar to this?

$dt = "The order was sent ${date('F j, Y')}. Please make a note of it"

or do I have to create a variable first or concatenate the string.

[Janwillem Borleffs]

ImOk wrote:

or do I have to create a variable first or concatenate the string.

Besides creating a variable first, you have the following options:

$dt = 'The order was sent ' . date('F j, Y') . '. Please make a note of
it';

$dt = sprintf('The order was sent %s. Please make a note of it', date('F j,
Y'));
JW

[lorento]

Hmm..instead use sprintf or concatenate the string its better you
creating variable first.

$date_order = date ("F j, Y");
$dt = "The order was sent $date_order. Please make a note of it";

The concatenate method is faster then other methods but its difficult
to maintain.
The sprintf() function is slowest among this methods.. its better use
sprintf() if you want format complex string.

Read this : http://www.zend.com/zend/art/mistake.php

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Janwillem Borleffs wrote:

ImOk wrote:

or do I have to create a variable first or concatenate the string.

Besides creating a variable first, you have the following options:

$dt = 'The order was sent ' . date('F j, Y') . '. Please make a note of
it';

$dt = sprintf('The order was sent %s. Please make a note of it', date('F j,
Y'));
JW

[Janwillem Borleffs]

lorento wrote:

The sprintf() function is slowest among this methods.. its better use
sprintf() if you want format complex string.

True, although (s)printf is sometimes used in cases where readability is
preferred before performance (per example, when dynamically constructing a
complex SQL statement with a lot of variables) .
JW