Date: 09/13/06 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, browser

I've gotten into a syntax argument with a friend/coworker of mind over the code style I use.  To be exact, how I format strings to be printed to the browser.

In my defense, I argue that the below is better for the longer term because it's easier to change/add to the formated string this way.

And he argues that it will slow PHP down having to


function inputString($myID, $myValue)
        {
            $output = '<'
                    . 'input type="text"'
                    . 'size="120"'
                    . 'maxlength="254"'
                    . "id=\"$\"$myID"
                    . "value=\"$myValue\""
                    . '>';
            return $output;           
        }

Yes this is pretty petty but we got nothing else to do but bitch at each other right now.

His version is to have it all on one line.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/494566.html