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PHP Strings

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Summary

Strings are a type of data for storing text, such as names and sentences. This lesson discusses how to create strings, combine them, and the built-in PHP function to check length, change upper/lower case, and search for text content. You also learn the importance of cleaning up the text that is displayed to be safe.

Key points

Strings can be written with single quotes or double quotes
Operator. Used to combine two or more strings
Calculate the length of the characters, search for the position of the text
Use htmlspecialchars() when displaying a string from user input

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