Posted by Kenoli on 09/07/07 15:06

I have faced confusing situations using curly braces around an array,
as well as quotes within square brackets in an array. I wish had hard
examples to offer, but perhaps someone knows the general rule.

I have had expressions involving arrays refuse to work when I put
curly braces around them and then work when I removed them. Other
times the expression doesn't work until I add them.

Similarly with arrays, at times I have had to add and at other times
remove quotes within square brackets in order to get the expression to
work ($array['key']).

I have never been able to derive a consistent rule for either of these
two constructs.

Does anyone know the rules here for when one or the other is required
or not allowed?

--Kenoli

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