diff --git a/String-concatenation.md b/String-concatenation.md index e741794..73fbbfd 100644 --- a/String-concatenation.md +++ b/String-concatenation.md @@ -37,4 +37,26 @@ $text = $greeting
-_Reference_: [`Squiz.Strings.ConcatenationSpacing`](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Strings/ConcatenationSpacingSniff.php) \ No newline at end of file +_Reference_: [`Squiz.Strings.ConcatenationSpacing`](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Strings/ConcatenationSpacingSniff.php) + +*** + +While concatenation is useful for combining variables with other variables or static text. It should not be used to combine two sets of static text. See also: [Maximum line length](Maximum-line-length) + +
Example

+ +**Bad** + +```PHP +$text = 'This is' . 'a bad idea!'; +``` + +**Good** + +```PHP +$text = 'This is a good idea!'; +``` + +

+ +_Reference_: [`Generic.Strings.UnnecessaryStringConcat`](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Strings/UnnecessaryStringConcatSniff.php) \ No newline at end of file