[TriLUG] new PHP question - what's up with join()?

[Robert Ryals]

David Rasch wrote:

>join takes an array as the second parameter:
>
>$fullName = join(' ', array($firstname, $lastname));
>echo "$fullName<br>";
>
>note that perl will only pass to a function an array of scalars, while
>php can actually take a set of parameters including arrays, objects, and
>scalars.  
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>David
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And yes, there is a better (simpler) way to do what you want -

$fullName = "$firstName $lastName";