Would you initialize your strings with single quotes or double quotes?

Since the data inside the single-quoted string is not parsed for variable substitution, it’s always a better idea speed-wise to initialize a string with single quotes, unless you specifically need variable substitution

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anildbest

  • Jan 5th, 2008
 

Single quote strings are executed faster than double quotes
When we use single quote for string then php will not parse the things between that quote. It simply assign as it is.
But when we use double quotes then it will parse for variables and other things between double quotes.

ninethsense

  • Feb 8th, 2008
 

If the string is enclosed in double-quotes, PHP understands more escape sequences for special characters. Escape sequences for special characters will not be expanded when they occur in single quoted strings.

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evantanski

  • Jan 7th, 2012
 

It's always a better idea speed-wise to initialize a string with single quotes, unless you specifically need variable substitution.

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Murali

  • Apr 4th, 2012
 

double quotation

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mart0

  • Feb 5th, 2014
 

Single quotes for performance, no matter if there are variables or not!

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Sachin

  • Jun 20th, 2014
 

Single quotes will print the statement as a literal but double quotes prints the value for the variables also.....

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