how can I assign a variable value to a href

[ajd335]

Hi all,
I have some results which I need to link with their original files.
they are stored in variable $str
how can I give a href a variable name ??
code is below

<?php
$str = "MS/2008-09/003/0112.ps ";
print('<a href = "/$str" >Info</a>');
?>

how can I assign a variable to a href ???

[Markus]

Like so (you could use concatenation, but doing it in a value always confuses me with the quotes)

<?php
$str = "MS/2008-09/003/0112.ps ";
print("<a href = \"/{$str}\" >Info</a>");
?>

Notice I have escaped the quotes within quotes with backslashes.

[pbmods]

Heya, AJD.

If you used echo instead of print, you could do this:

[code=php]
echo '<a href="', $str, '">Info</a>';
[/code]

But you might want to consider doing this, instead:

[code=php]
echo '<a href="', htmlentities($s tr), '">Info</a>';
[/code]

[ajd335]

Hi All,
Thanks for the solutions.

[Markus]

Hi All,
Thanks for the solutions.

Welcome. Glad we could help!