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hii,
it may b very simple or very basic thing but iam confused in this case...any one can explain usage of single & double quotes in echo statement

<?php
$x = "test"; 
echo '$x';//produces $x as a output
echo "$x";  //produces test as a output
?>
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Hi,

if you want to return the value of a variable then use double quotes, if you want to return plain text, then use single quotes.

For more information check the documentation:

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