PHP String

Description

A string variable is created using quotation.

Syntax

In PHP we have two syntax to define strings

or

The first form uses the single quotation and the second form uses the double quotation.

Example

The following code creates a string in PHP.

<?PHP
  $myString = 'hello from java2s.com';   
  print($myString);
?>

The code above generates the following result.

In this example, the string literal is enclosed in single quotation marks ('). You can also use double quotation marks ("), as follows:

<?PHP
  $myString = "hello from java2s.com";  
  print($myString);
?>

The code above generates the following result.

Multline strings

To specify multline strings in PHP, insert newlines into the string literal between the quotation marks:

<?PHP/*from w  w  w  .j a va2s.  co m*/
$myString = " 
    demo
    from
    java2s.com
";   

echo $myString;
?>

The code above generates the following result.