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There appear to be variations between tags in the recommended use of single or double quotes. Are there global guidelines for developers and users?

Some examples from the Tag list.

{content block="Second Content Block"}

{anchor anchor='here' text='Scroll Down'}

{contact_form email="yourname@yourdomain.com" subject_get_var="subject"}

{cms_module module='News'}

{startExpandCollapse id="name" title="Click Here"}

{global_content name='myblob'}

Hello,

I think the xHTML specification mandates single quotes like . May be Smarty has another recommendation about tags ?

Pierre M.

See this:  http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.syntax.quotes.php

If something is in single quotes, it's treated absolutely, if in double quotes, an attempt is made to expand any variables in there.... same if no quotes at all are specified.

So, for performance reasons, if you're using hardcoded text in a smarty call (including {cms_module module='News'} you should use single quotes.

Pierre M. wrote: Hello,

I think the xHTML specification mandates single quotes like . May be Smarty has another recommendation about tags ?

Calguy's got the answer for Smarty up there.. but need to clarify this here: (x)HTML doesn't care, so long as you aren't starting with a " and ending with a ' on the same value; and they aren't even required at all for numeric values in HTML. Whichever you choose to wrap your values in the markup, you can use the *other* one inside it:

... title="John's page">

... title='The "home" page'>

are both valid (x)HTML (loose or strict)

Thank you kermit.

Pierre M.