PHP Calculations inside string creation

Question

I want to to create a string in php, but within the creation of the string I want to do a small calculation, here is an example of what I am trying but does not work.

$eggs = 2;

$breakfast = 'I ate '. $eggs-1 . ' eggs for breakfast today!';

Using PHP like this gives me a unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING error.

Pekka · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-15 10:01:38Z

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You need to add brackets:

$breakfast = 'I ate '. ($eggs-1) . ' eggs for breakfast today!';

answered Jul 15, 2010 at 10:01

Pekka

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