justlukeyou Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi, I have a peice of code which publishes an image with a link from my database. However I cant get it to use external links. My code is: echo "<a href=\"" .$link . "\"> <img src=\"" .$image ."\" /> </a><BR />"; I have tried all the options I can think of but I cant get it work. Can anyone advise please? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyIS Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 what does the HTML output look like (view source)? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/#findComment-1170730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagecrawler Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 The HTML itself looks fine. Where are $link and $image being set? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/#findComment-1170731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyIS Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 The HTML itself looks fine. Where are $link and $image being set? yes, the code producing the HTML looks fine, but what does the HTML output look like after execution? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/#findComment-1170733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 What are the values of $link and $image? There's no need for all that string concatenation BTW; it just creates more opportunities for errors. echo "<a href=\"$link\"> <img src=\"$image\" /></a><BR />"; Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/#findComment-1170734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justlukeyou Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi, This publishes the images with in a column down the page. I have tried the code above but it only publishes the first image in the database. Is there a way of using external links in PHP? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/#findComment-1170755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemicalBliss Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 What do you mean external links? echo "<a href=\"http://" .$link . "\"> <img src=\"" .$image ."\" /> </a><BR />"; Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/#findComment-1170809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justlukeyou Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 Hi, I am trying to open a link from my database into a black tab. Can I try this: "target=\"_blank\">" Will this use the " without messing up the PHP script? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/#findComment-1170942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberRobot Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Hi, I am trying to open a link from my database into a black tab. Can I try this: "target=\"_blank\">" Will this use the " without messing up the PHP script? Yep, adding the target attribute to the anchor tag should work. Note that this should open the link in a new window (depending on the browser settings). I don't know if there is a way to open the link in a new tab. I think that's up to the browser settings. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/226897-php-external-links/#findComment-1170956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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