html 5 using php documents

[otuatail]

Hi I am trying to replace fixed names of pdf documents with variables.

This works

    <object data="Darth.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="950" height="800">
    alt : <a href="Darth.pdf">test.pdf</a>
    </object>

This fails when using a variable

    <object data=$doc type="application/pdf" width="950" height="800">
    alt : <a href=$doc>test.pdf</a>
    </object>

$doc  = "Darth.pdf"

How can I modify this HTML5 to work?

[requinix]

Is that actually what you did? If so then you outputted "data=$doc".

 

Either output the value of $doc at those two locations, or post your real code.

[Psycho]

The code you provided is HTML code, not PHP. HTML doesn't know how to use a variable and that variable would be set on the server anyway. Not to mention the variable (as you've presented it is defined after you want to use it). You need to have PHP code that generates that HTML. E.g.

 

 

<?php
    $doc = "Darth.pdf";
?>
 
<object data="<?php echo $doc; ?>" type="application/pdf" width="950" height="800">
alt : <a href="<?php echo $doc; ?>">test.pdf</a>
</object>

 

Or

 

<?php
    $doc = "Darth.pdf";
    echo "<object data='{$doc}' type='application/pdf' width='950' height='800'>\n";
    echo "alt : <a href='<?php echo $doc; ?>'>test.pdf</a>\n";
    echo "</object>\n";
?>

[otuatail]

Ok this is partly html and I put it here because it was HTML5 and I thought that a HTML5 wiz kid could tell me better.

 

I'll try the echo sugested by 

Psycho

 

Thanks.