PHP External Links

[justlukeyou]

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?

[BlueSkyIS]

what does the HTML output look like (view source)?

[Cagecrawler]

The HTML itself looks fine.  Where are $link and $image being set?

[BlueSkyIS]

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?

[Pikachu2000]

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 />";

[justlukeyou]

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?

[ChemicalBliss]

What do you mean external links?

 

echo "<a href=\"http://" .$link . "\">
<img src=\""   .$image ."\" />  </a><BR />";

[justlukeyou]

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?

[cyberRobot]

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.