[SOLVED] target_blank Help

[williwaw]

Hi all,

I am trying to have the link below open in a new window when someone clicks on it. 

 

foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item)
   {
      echo "<li><a href={$item->link}>{$item->title}</a></li>";
   }

Thanks for the look!

 

Cheers,

williwaw

 

[jackpf]

foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item)
   {
      echo "<li><a href=\"{$item->link}\" target=\"_blank\">{$item->title}</a></li>";
   }

How about that?

[williwaw]

Wow, that was fast!  Thanks again for your help...it works great.  One more question-same problems but the code is a little different and I can't seem to make it work.

echo "<p><href={$item->description}</p>";

Sorry about being a noob, but I did not notice the difference when I originally posted this thread.

 

Cheers,

williwaw

[jackpf]

Ok, what I did was put quotes " round the url (which isnt mandatory but is strongly suggested) and then escaped them with backslashes, so that php doesn't the the quote is ending the echo.

 

I then simply added target="_blank" escaped with backslashes aswell, so target=\"_blank\"

 

[williwaw]

Hmmmm, I did this but the target is sill the same window.

echo "<p><href=\"{$item->description}\" target=\"_blank\"</p>";

Thanks for your help and the tut.

 

Cheers,

Williwaw

[jackpf]

You missed a > at the end of your a href

[williwaw]

Cool, thanks again for your help.

 

Cheers,

williwaw