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Jan 15, 2001, 08:21 #1
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Hi,
Just a simple QU on echoing out html. If I've got a load of HTML that I want to echo what is the most simple way of getting round the problem of having charactors within the html that need to be backslashed, without having to go through all the HTML and backslashing every individual element?
Say I've got this html.
<a herf ="http:www.mysite.com"><b> Link<b></a>
Can I use:
echo addslashes("<a herf ="http:www.mysite.com"><b> Link<b></a>"); ?????
Along the same lines, if I want to include a html page within part of a script and the echo it out do I also need to use addslashes to the include function to get it to work without errors???
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Jan 15, 2001, 08:52 #2
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I think you could use this:
printf("<a href="http:www.mysite.com"><b>Link<b></a>");
I'm not positive, but I think the printf function has no problem with quotes.
If you want to use variables, I believe (correct me if I'm wrong Freddy) they work like this:
printf("<a href="http:www.mysite.com"><b>%s<b></a>, $linktitle");
Here's the official entry on PHP.net: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.printf.php
Hope that helps.
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Jan 15, 2001, 09:53 #3
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Interesting, I'd like to know more about the in's and out's of the printf and echo functions with respect to this - if it is the case, particularly with regard to what to do when 'including' html files.
Hopefully Freddie will be able to throw some light!
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Jan 15, 2001, 10:26 #4
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If you are not including varaibles in a string you should enclose it with ' not ", e.g.
echo '<a href="http:www.mysite.com"><b> Link<b></a>';
Would print what you are after, if you want to include variables then you have two choices e.g.
1) echo "<a href=\"$url\"><b> Link<b></a>";
2) echo '<a href="'.$url.'"><b> Link<b></a>';
The first method is OK for short strings or long strings with lots of variables included but for long strings with 0, 1 or 2 variables included you should use the second method.
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Jan 15, 2001, 10:33 #5
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Cheers,
The: echo '<a href="http:www.mysite.com"><b> Link<b></a>';
would seem a sensible way of includeing an echoing a html page with no variables.
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To follow up on that you can use printf('');
the same way Karl suggested
printf('<a href="%s"><b> Link<b></a>', $url);
Notice the single quotes around everything
TWTCommish's example of
printf("<a href="http:www.mysite.com"><b>%s<b></a>", $linktitle);
Would return a parse error.
The syntax is the same for echo or printf() its just printf allows you to specify vars at the end instead of concatentating them into the middle of the echo statementPlease don't PM me with questions.
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