PHP text as hyperlink in echo

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I am pretty sure this will be an easy task to do for some PHP programmers I just can't figure it out how to do it. I am displaying some info from my database but want to be able to display it as Hyperlink text instead of the whole website so when someone click on "Website" it will take them to the url. Here is my code:

 <li style="margin-left: 50px;font-family: Myriad Pro Bold ! important;"><b style="margin-right: 20px;">Website:</b> <?php echo $row->website; ?></li></li>

I am looking forward to add 2 texts to the code for example:

 <li style="margin-left: 50px;font-family: Myriad Pro Bold ! important;"><b style="margin-right: 20px;">Website:</b> <?php [SHOW: (**Website** as a hyperlink text) (**Blog** as a Hyper link text) echo $row->website; ?></li></li>

Thank you!!!

What does $row->website contain?

eggyal
– eggyal

2013-10-29 20:47:35 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 20:47 — eggyal
– eggyal, Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 20:47
Pulls Website URL from phpmyadmin database Eggyal

John Lee
– John Lee

2013-10-29 20:49:49 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 20:49 — John Lee
– John Lee, Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 20:49

PaulProgrammer · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-29 20:54:20Z

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<a href="<?php echo $row->website; ?>"><?php echo $row->blog; ?></a>

Just guessing that $row has a member called blog as well that has the title, and that $row->website is the full url (http://bleh)

edited Oct 29, 2013 at 20:54

answered Oct 29, 2013 at 20:48

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Funk Forty Niner Over a year ago

Assuming short tags are "ON"

Funk Forty Niner Over a year ago

I don't judge/estimate people's (PHP) skills, however many do not even know what the term means lol. +1 for added explanation ;-)

ahwm Over a year ago

You shouldn't use the shorthand as it's OFF by default in 5.3 and newer, I believe.

PaulProgrammer Over a year ago

@ahwm: Serves you right for not using smarty or some other template engine. :)

Funk Forty Niner Over a year ago

Well let's wrap this one up by accepting the answer as correct @JohnLee - seems like this one's got a "Happy Ending" after all. ;-)

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Dadou · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-29 20:55:37Z

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If the href is already within a string, you have two options:

Single/Double quotes

$string = '<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>';

Escaping

$string = "<a href=\"http://google.com\">Google</a>";

Otherwise, you can insert PHP into your link, like so:

<a href="<?php echo $row->link; ?>">Google</a>

If this is not what you are looking for, I am sorry I misunderstood the question.

Edit:

I suggest you use CSS rather than inline styles, would simplify your code and look less sloppy.

answered Oct 29, 2013 at 20:55

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John Lee Over a year ago

THANK YOU!!!!!! This ius exactly what I was looking for. I also do what I can, I am in the learning process but I agree with you about the CSS. Final Code:

<li style="margin-left: 50px;font-family: Myriad Pro Bold ! important;"><b style="margin-right: 20px;">Website:</b> <a href="<?php echo $row->website; ?>">Website</a></li></li>

Dadou Over a year ago

If this is the result you were looking for, I suggest you mark this post as the correct solution so other people can see easily what worked for them, saving them time on their research. I personally don't try anything on a post that hasn't been marked as solved since I do not know if their was a proper solution to the problem at hand.

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