displaying link in php

Question

I am trying to display a URL stored in mysql as a link in php table like this

echo "<td><a href=".$row['resume'].">Resume</a></td>";

where $row['resume'] retrieves correct data using mysql_fetch_array

However the whitespace between file link gets truncated automatically

for example my file name is "this is a resume.doc" i only get "this" in link

help.

AndrewR · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-10 20:30:27Z

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You need to place quotes around your href attribute.

echo "<td><a href=\"".$row['resume']."\">Resume</a></td>";

answered Oct 10, 2011 at 20:30

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Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-10 20:32:23Z

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You need to do several things:

Such:

$url = htmlspecialchars( urlencode( $row['resume'] ) );
echo "<td><a href='$url'>Resume</a></td>";

answered Oct 10, 2011 at 20:32

Quentin

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