printing php code

[droidus]

i am having trouble writing this code:

 

<a href='downloadFile.php?file=<?php echo $_FILES[file][name]?>'>

 

i always get confused when it comes to echoing/printing php code.  i tried closing with '" . php code...here . "', but it didn't seem to work.  the link goes to (when clicked on), ?file=<?php echo [name]?>

[premiso]

If the link is doing that, then it generally means that PHP Is not enabled on the server or you are echoing php code inside of an echo. Show us 5-10 lines around where this code is at so we can get the context better.

[droidus]

print("</td>");
		print ("<td align='center'><input name='file[]' type='checkbox' value='$file' /></td>");
		print ("<td>" . date ('F d Y H:i:s.', filemtime($file)) . "</td>");
		print ("<td><a href='downloadFile.php?file=<?php echo $_FILES[file][name]?>'><img src='http://www.mysite.com/Images/icn_file_download.png' width='50' height='50' title='Download this file!' /></a></td>");
        }
}

[premiso]

Thanks:

 

print "<td><a href='downloadFile.php?file=". $_FILES['file']['name'] . "'><img src='http://www.mysite.com/Images/icn_file_download.png' width='50' height='50' title='Download this file!' /></a></td>";

 

Is what you should be using. When you are echoing a variable inside of PHP code, you need to concatenate variables onto it (like I just showed you). If you are working out side of PHP, then you would use the echo like you had:

 

?>
<some html here>
<td><?php echo $var; ?></td>
<?php
// more php code
?>

 

Hopefully that makes sense to you.

[droidus]

ok; that works! thanks for your help.