$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] vs. $bbuserinfo['usergroupid']

[Darth Cow]

Is there a difference? My meager PHP knowledge would assume they are both the same .

[Velocd]

I have found both being used in PHP files, but only $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] being used within the templates. I believe they work almost the same, but don't quote me.

[Admin]

You got some reading to do.
Why is $foo[bar] wrong?

Velocd: It is right in templates, because templates are evaluated as strings, and you can't use $foo['bar'] in strings (unless you surround it with { and }, i.e {$foo['bar']}).
Constants are also not parsed inside strings, so even if they make bar a constant (for the sole purpose of killing time), "$foo[bar]" will work just fine.

[Darth Cow]

Hehe... thanks .

I learned to do $foo["bar"] and use {foo["bar"]} within strings from my PHP book, but then I noticed that it's sometimes used with just $foo[bar] in the vbulletin source code. Well, now I know .

[Admin]

vB3 should have $foo['bar'] instead of $foo[bar], except for templates.