Need Help with adding images to strings

[maburker]

Hello,

      I am new here and I have been racking my brain to figure out something simple. At least I think it should be simple. I need to add an image to a php string. The string is listed below.

 

$string[facebook] = 'Facebook';

 

Now the mentioned string appears on a users profile as

 

Facebook : Become A Fan

 

Our finished project should use facebooks icon and then have the link as mentioned above. I don't want to create an image because we already have the image. Is there a way to reference an image in the string?

 

Ex: $string[facebook] = '<img src="http://............./images/networks/facebook_32.png">';

 

Now the strings are located in a lang file that other php files calls on for the strings. I can't find the correct method that will work. Any help or feedback is appreciated!