PHP variable interpolation vs concatenation [duplicate]

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• Should I use curly brackets or concatenate variables within strings? 3 answers

What is the difference between the two following methods (performance, readability, etc.) and what do you prefer?

echo "Welcome {$name}s!"

vs.

echo "Welcome ".$name."!";

Answer 1

Whatever works best for you works... But if you want to go for speed use this:

echo 'Welcome ', $name, '!';

The single quotes tell PHP that no interpretation is needed, and the comma tells PHP to just echo the string, no concatenation needed.