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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/07/07 01:51
Susan wrote:
> I am trying to do the following:
>
> I want to assign a string to a variable then use that variable in an
> HREF as follows:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Test Doc</title>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
> charset=iso-8859-1">
> </head>
>
> <body>
>
> <?php
> $var = "123.htm";
> ?>
> The variable $var has a value of:
>
> <?=$var?><br />
>
>
> <a href="http://www.widgets.com/$var">click here </a>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> I print out the variable in the script and it is as it should be.
> However, when you place your cursor over the "click here" on the
> bottom of the page you see www.widgets.com/$var
>
> If I look at the source, I do not see the php portion of the script. I
> am new to this and do not know if that is normal.
>
> Why won't the href statement utilize the value of the variable as
> oppposed to the variable itself?
>
> Again, I am a beginner and any guidance would be much appreciated.
>
That's because you aren't echoing the variable in your href - in fact,
you're not even in PHP code. When you're not in PHP code, $var is just
the characters '$', 'v', 'a' and 'r'.
<a href="http://www.widgets.com/$var">click here </a>
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