{noob question} I'm sure

[Chousho]

I see this many times in code I look at.

What exactly is {variable} and how does it work in code? I see phrases that say "text text <a href="{URL"}>{LINK}</a>

How do you make this work?

[stymiee]

That's part of a templating system. The templating code parses the template looking for template variables like that and replaces them with the correct value. It's not part of the programming language but part of the application.

[briancastellanos]

the { } are also uses for in programming (php)...to include variable array elements and including inline code.

$people = array("John","Jack","Joe");

foreach($people as $person){
echo "Hi, My Name is {$person}";
}

#This Will Output:
#Hi, My Name is John
#Hi, My Name is Jack
#Hi, My Name is Joe
#or

echo "Hi, My Name is {$people[0]}, My Friends are {$people[1]} and {$people[2]}";

#This will output:
#Hi My Name is John, My Friends are Jack and Joe .. 

Pretty much its an easier way of not having to do
echo "Hi My Name is ".$person."!", makes your code cleaner too.

[Chousho]

oh sweet. Thank you very much! That makes sense when I see it in context like that.