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How do I use single quotes inside single quotes?

Can anyone explain how to make this code work? 

echo '<div id="panel1-under">Welcome <?php echo "$_SESSION['username']"; ?></div>';

I've tried removing the single quotes (echo '<div id="panel1-under">Welcome <?php echo "$_SESSION[username]"; ?></div>';), but it doesn't work.

Solution 
  • echo "<div id=\"panel1-under\">Welcome ".$_SESSION['username']."</div>";

    or

    echo '<div id="panel1-under">Welcome '.$_SESSION['username'].'</div>';

    Quick Explain :

    • You don't have to reopen the tags inside a echo String (" ... ")
    • What I have done here is to pass the string "Welcome " concatenated to $_SESSION['username'] and "" (what the . operator does)

    • PHP is even smart enough to detect variables inside a PHP string and evaluate them :

      $variablename = "Andrew";

      echo "Hello $variablename, welcome ";

    => Hello Andrew, welcome

    More infos : PHP.net - echo