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Posted by Susan on 11/07/07 04:12
On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:53:30 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>Susan wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:51:19 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
>> <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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>
>>
>>
> > Yes, I know that I was putting up a literal $var.
> >
> > I am not sure of the syntax to make it a valid php statement.
> >
>
>(Top posting fixed)
>
>Just like any other PHP statements - you need it within <?php and ?>.
>In this case you want to display the value, so you echo it, i.e.
>
><a href="http://www.widgets.com/<?php echo $var;?>">click here </a>
>
>Also,
>
><?=$var?>
>
>is not good. It depends on short tags being on, and it isn't in a lot
>(most?) hosts nowadays. The echo above works on any system.
>
>And please don't top post. Thanks.
Thank you. It has been a long time since I tried to write a computer
program. I knew what was missing but I did not yet know the syntax.
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