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Old 04-02-2012
Any real differences between "value" or 'value' or value

I'm curious if there is any real difference between using " " or ' ' or no quotes at all. For example, I have a variable called EXTRACT_FILES. When I declare it, I set it to false... EXTRACT_FILES=false. I eventually use the variable later in the script (having set it to EXTRACT_FILES=true due to some condition being met) if I call this variable later to decide whether to send an email, do I need quotes?
Code:
if [ ${EXTRACT_FILES} = true ] ;then

vs
Code:
if [ ${EXTRACT_FILES = "true" ] ;then

, etc., etc. Do the spaces between variable and = matter? I know I need a space between the [ and ]. Thanks to all.

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-02-2012 at 01:13 PM.. Reason: Inserted Code tags
 

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IS_INT(3)								 1								 IS_INT(3)

is_int - Find whether the type of a variable is integer

SYNOPSIS
bool is_int (mixed $var) DESCRIPTION
Finds whether the type of the given variable is integer. Note To test if a variable is a number or a numeric string (such as form input, which is always a string), you must use is_numeric(3). PARAMETERS
o $var - The variable being evaluated. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if $var is an integer, FALSE otherwise. EXAMPLES
Example #1 is_int(3) example <?php $values = array(23, "23", 23.5, "23.5", null, true, false); foreach ($values as $value) { echo "is_int("; var_export($value); echo ") = "; var_dump(is_int($value)); } ?> The above example will output: is_int(23) = bool(true) is_int('23') = bool(false) is_int(23.5) = bool(false) is_int('23.5') = bool(false) is_int(NULL) = bool(false) is_int(true) = bool(false) is_int(false) = bool(false) SEE ALSO
is_bool(3), is_float(3), is_numeric(3), is_string(3), is_array(3), is_object(3). PHP Documentation Group IS_INT(3)
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