[SOLVED] Can't get this in proper format..

[Scooby08]

Trying to add a class to the links in this printf.. 

 

I need to get this:

 

<?=($current=='%s')?'class="current"':'';?>

 

into this

 

<?php
printf('<a href="%s?letter=%s">%s</a>', $PHP_SELF, chr($i), chr($i));
?>

 

This is the closest I can get and it is still a bit off

<?php
printf('<a href="%s?letter=%s" ('.$current.'==%s)?'class="current"':''>%s</a>', $PHP_SELF, chr($i), chr($i), chr($i));
?>

 

[BlueSkyIS]

maybe something like

 

<?php
$a_string = '<a href="%s?letter=%s" (';
$a_string .= ($current == '%s')?'class="current"':'';
$a_string .= '>%s</a>';

printf($a_string, $PHP_SELF, chr($i), chr($i), chr($i));
?>

[Scooby08]

The page seems to load alright with that code, but it's still not reading the class="current" for some reason??

[BlueSkyIS]

have you checked to see if this is ever true?

 

($current == '%s')

[akitchin]

your best bet, if it will work at all, will be to put the ternary operator into the variables section:

 

<?php
printf('<a href="%s?letter=%s" %s>%s</a>', $PHP_SELF, chr($i), (($current == '%s') ? 'class="current"' : ''), chr($i), chr($i));
?>

 

otherwise, simply use a conditional to assign a variable and concatenate that directly.  again, as bluesky suggested, check if the condition will ever be true.

[Scooby08]

I did check that.. here is what the code looks like (I just copied the first few):

 

<a href="?letter=A" (A == "A")>A</a>

<a href="?letter=B" (A == "B")>B</a>

<a href="?letter=C" (A == "C")>C</a>

[akitchin]

then you'll probably just have to concatenate directly.

 

<?php
$class = ($current == '%s') ? 'class="current"' : '';
printf('<a href="%s?letter=%s"'.$class.'>%s</a>', $PHP_SELF, chr($i), chr($i));
?>

[Scooby08]

Nothing seems to be showing up when trying those last couple of ways by akitchin. Here is all I get:

 

<a href="?letter=A">A</a>
<a href="?letter=B">B</a>
<a href="?letter=C">C</a>

[akitchin]

ah, that's because you didn't literally mean %s.  try this:

 

$class = ($current == chr($i)) ? 'class="current"' : '';

[Scooby08]

Somebody give this guy a raise!! haha Worked that time! thanks..