how do you make an integer a string?

[marcus76]

Ok, this is doing my head in now. I have the following.

$currency="£"

<script type="text/javascript">
<?php print("var euroRate = """ . $currency . """ ;\n");?>
</script>

I would expect this to display "£" not just £

any ideas?

Thanks

[Rambo Tribble]

I'd try escaping the quotes you wish to have appear in the string. You can also use the casting operator, (string), to assure that your variable is being converted, though that shouldn't be the problem.

[marcus76]

hey Rambo, thanks for your reply - i'm not so sure of the Escape syntax? would you mind posting an example?

thanks

[coopster]

Actually, you should be getting a PHP parse error. Escaping the string as described...

<?php 
$currency="£"; 
?> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
<?php print("var euroRate = \"" . $currency . "\" ;\n");?> 
</script>

[marcus76]

coopster - you da man. worked a treat, thanks so much.

Marcus

[dcrombie]

Short-hand:

<?= "var euroRate = \"$currency\";\n" ?>