I have looked for some responses on the web, but none of them are very accurate.
I want to be able to do this:
$id = \"\" . $result [\"id\"] . \"\";
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Just don't put it in quotes:
$id = $result["id"];
$info = array($id, 'Example');
echo $info[0];
Alternatively, if you use double quotes rather than single quotes, then it will be interpolated (which also results in it being converted to a string):
$id = $result["id"];
$info = array("$id", 'Example');
echo $info[0];