Php assigning multiple strings to a single variable

Question

Is there a cleaner way to assign multiple strings to a single variable in php?

I current do like this

<?php
$myStr = '';

$myStr .= 'John';
$myStr .= '<br>';
$myStr .= 'Paul';
$myStr .= '<br>';
$myStr .= 'Ringo';

echo $myStr;
?>

I also use HEREDOC. But are there other ways?

This simple example can be reduced to a one liner, but maybe you should provide more context to your question. — Pier-Luc Gendreau
– Pier-Luc Gendreau, Commented Jun 12, 2013 at 3:30
@Antony why not like $myStr = 'John <br> Paul <br> Ringo'; :P — Mayank K. Swami
– Mayank K. Swami, Commented Jun 12, 2013 at 3:30
cleaner is not always better way .... if i were you i would use string concatenation method — Mayank K. Swami
– Mayank K. Swami, Commented Jun 12, 2013 at 3:42

Marcelo Pascual · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-12 03:43:30Z

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If you have to concatenate lot of data, it may be a good idea to use arrays. It's cleaner (not necessarily more memory efficient).

$items = array('Hello', 'How', 'Are', 'You?');
echo implode(' ', $items);

answered Jun 12, 2013 at 3:31

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3 Comments

A memory consuming and slow idea.

at least it answer the question in not an ironic way

@NullPoiиteя Yes, sure. It depends on situation. There might be even a special class for OP's needs.

Luke Mills · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-12 04:39:07Z

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It can be done by array and implode() like below

$names = array('John', 'Paul', 'Ringo');
$myStr = implode("<br>", $array);
echo $myStr;

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answered Jun 12, 2013 at 3:35

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