Function calls and strings

Hello.

PHP possesses what the manual calls "complex syntax" for allowing one to
include non-trivial expressions in strings, e.g.:

$s = "The result is {$results[$foo]}.";

I seek to find out whether PHP also has a syntax to allow function calls
within a string, so that explicit concatenation is not needed. E.g.:

something like:

$s = "The result is {getResult($foo)}.";

as opposed to

$s = "The result is " . getResult($foo) . ".";

If that is not possible, I would appreciate if someone could suggest the
rationale.

Thank you,

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Ney André de Mello Zunino

* Thus wrote Ney André de Mello Zunino (zunino@unu.edu):

> I seek to find out whether PHP also has a syntax to allow function calls
> within a string, so that explicit concatenation is not needed. E.g.:
>
> something like:
>
> $s = "The result is {getResult($foo)}.";
>
> as opposed to
>
> $s = "The result is " . getResult($foo) . ".";
>
> If that is not possible, I would appreciate if someone could suggest the
> rationale.

How do I tell it NOT to call the function, i want to just store
this in a string:

$s = "The result is {getResult(\$foo)}.";
echo $s;

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The result is {getResult($foo)).
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Curt
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