diff --git a/language/types/string.xml b/language/types/string.xml
index 7528014c39..750ef67f96 100644
--- a/language/types/string.xml
+++ b/language/types/string.xml
@@ -513,14 +513,20 @@ EOT;
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$beer = 'Heineken';
-echo "$beer's taste is great"; // works; "'" is an invalid character for variable names
-echo "He drank some $beers";   // won't work; 's' is a valid character for variable names but the variable is "$beer"
-echo "He drank some ${beer}s"; // works
-echo "He drank some {$beer}s"; // works
+$juice = "apple";
+
+echo "He drank some $juice juice.".PHP_EOL;
+echo "He drank some juice made of $juices."; // Invalid. "s" is a valid character for a variable name, but the variable is $juice.
 ?>
 ]]>
      </programlisting>
+     &example.outputs;
+     <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+He drank some apple juice.
+He drank some juice made of .
+]]>
+     </screen>
     </informalexample>
 
     <simpara>
@@ -530,49 +536,48 @@ echo "He drank some {$beer}s"; // works
      object properties as to simple variables.
     </simpara>
 
-    <informalexample>
+    <example><title>Simple syntax example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-// These examples are specific to using arrays inside of strings.
-// When outside of a string, always quote array string keys and do not use
-// {braces}.
+$juices = array("apple", "orange", "koolaid1" => "purple");
 
-// Show all errors
-error_reporting(E_ALL);
+echo "He drank some $juices[0] juice.".PHP_EOL;
+echo "He drank some $juices[1] juice.".PHP_EOL;
+echo "He drank some juice made of $juice[0]s.".PHP_EOL;
+echo "He drank some $juices[koolaid1] juice.".PHP_EOL;
 
-$fruits = array('strawberry' => 'red', 'banana' => 'yellow');
+class people {
+    public $john = "John Smith";
+    public $jane = "Jane Smith";
+    public $robert = "Robert Paulsen";
+    
+    public $smith = "Smith";
+}
 
-// Works, but note that this works differently outside a string
-echo "A banana is $fruits[banana].";
+$people = new people();
 
-// Works
-echo "A banana is {$fruits['banana']}.";
-
-// Works, but PHP looks for a constant named banana first, as described below.
-echo "A banana is {$fruits[banana]}.";
-
-// Won't work, use braces.  This results in a parse error.
-echo "A banana is $fruits['banana'].";
-
-// Works
-echo "A banana is " . $fruits['banana'] . ".";
-
-// Works
-echo "This square is $square->width meters broad.";
-
-// Won't work. For a solution, see the complex syntax.
-echo "This square is $square->width00 centimeters broad.";
+echo "$people->john drank some $juices[0] juice.".PHP_EOL;
+echo "$people->john then said hello to $people->jane.".PHP_EOL;
+echo "$people->john's wife greeted $people->robert.".PHP_EOL;
+echo "$people->robert greeted the two $people->smiths.";
 ?>
 ]]>
-<!-- XXX this won't work:
-echo "This square is $square->{width}00 centimeters broad."; 
-// XXX: php developers: it would be consequent to make this work.
-// XXX: like the $obj->{expr} syntax outside a string works, 
-// XXX: analogously to the ${expr} syntax for variable var's.
--->
      </programlisting>
-    </informalexample>
+     &example.outputs;
+     <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+He drank some apple juice.
+He drank some orange juice.
+He drank some juice made of s.
+He drank some purple juice.
+John Smith drank some apple juice.
+John Smith then said hello to Jane Smith.
+John Smith's wife greeted Robert Paulsen.
+Robert Paulsen greeted the two .
+]]>
+     </screen>
+    </example>
 
     <simpara>
      For anything more complex, you should use the complex syntax.