Comments on: Tame SQL With Multiline Quotes in C# and PHP

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:52:15 +0000

in C and C++ you can do like java but without the + symbols.

char* query=
” SELECT *”
” FROM foo”
” WHERE bar=66″ ;

but if you need linebreaks in the query you need to add them explicitly.

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:59:59 +0000

Yes, the “here quotes” in PHP are an effective way to do this too.

monk.e.boy — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:20:32 +0000

damn, my formatting got lost.

monk.e.boy

monk.e.boy — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:20:14 +0000

Doesn’t everyone do SQL in PHP like this? :

$sql = <<

SELECT *
FROM stuff
WHERE
x=y

EOT;

// run $sql

Why would you write it any other way?

monk.e.boy

Richard@Home — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:19:27 +0000

In PHP you can use the heredoc syntax:

$query = << SELECT
foo,
bar
FROM
baz
WHERE foo=’boo’
SQL;

or just regular strings:
$query = ”
SELECT
…
“;

or better yet – put it in a stored procedure