In this PHP tutorial, you shall learn how to create a new string using single or double quotes notation, with example programs.

PHP – Create a String

To create a string literal in PHP, we can either enclose the string value in single quotes, or double quotes.

The following is a simple example to create a string literal using single quotes.

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'Hello World'

The following is a simple example to create a string literal using double quotes.

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"Hello World"

Examples

1. Create string using single quotes

In the following program, we create a string using single quotes, assign it to a variable named str, and print it using echo.

PHP Program

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<?php
  $str = 'Hello World';
  echo $str;
?>

Output

2. Create string using double quotes

In the following program, we create a string using double quotes, assign it to a variable named str, and print it using echo.

PHP Program

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<?php
  $str = "Hello World";
  echo $str;
?>

Output

Conclusion

In this PHP Tutorial, we learned how to create a string literal using single or double quotes, with examples.