PHP variables inside an array wrapped in single quotes

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I am using Amazon API to display dvd and bluray product information on my website. I have the following PHP code that looks up product information based on its ItemID.

$movies = file_get_contents('movies.xml');
$xml = new SimpleXmlElement($movies);

$dvd = $xml->movie->amazon->dvd;
$bluray = $xml->movie->amazon->bluray;

$request = aws_signed_request('co.uk', array(
            'Operation' => 'ItemLookup',
            'ItemId' => '$dvd, $bluray',
            'ResponseGroup' => 'Medium, Offers',
            'MerchantId' => 'All'), $public_key, $private_key, $associate_tag);

I know the following line of code causes the problem:

'ItemId' => '$dvd, $bluray'

I'm not sure how I can assign two variables inside the array wrapped in single quotes.

If I assign direct values to ItemId, then everything works:

$request = aws_signed_request('co.uk', array(
            'Operation' => 'ItemLookup',
            'ItemId' => 'B004Q9SZGC, B004Q9T6CO',
            'ResponseGroup' => 'Medium, Offers',
            'MerchantId' => 'All'), $public_key, $private_key, $associate_tag);

However, I would like to use my $dvd and $bluray variables to look up ItemId stored in the local XML file (movies.xml) rather than hardcode the actual ItemId value inside the array.

Boaz · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-31 23:55:16Z

1

In PHP you can concatenate expressions (e.g. variables and strings) with the . sign.

For example:

'ItemId' => $dvd.', '.$bluray,

answered Mar 31, 2013 at 23:55

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4 Comments

Daryl Gill Over a year ago

Why would you want to concat?

Alex Over a year ago

Thanks for your reply Boaz. I'm very new to PHP and I'm not sure how I can do that properly. Can you give me an example of how concatenation would work in my particular case?

Boaz Over a year ago

@DarylGill To the best of my understanding, that's basically what the the OP is looking to do.

Alex Over a year ago

That's perfect! Thank you for your help Boaz.

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