[SOLVED] syntax error

[alienmojo]

echo "<a href="editentries.php">$row['address']</a>";

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in C:\Documents and Settings\Marquis Taliaferro\Desktop\web page\listofentries.php on line 40

yea my syntax skills with php suck can some one tell me what the problem is

[hvle]

you need escape double quote inside string,
and wrap array variables with brackets:
[code]
echo "<a href=\"editentries.php\">{$row['address']}</a>";
[/code]
this should work

[alienmojo]

yes this worked
im pretty good at knowing how to do something but getting it to work is another thing

[DarkendSoul]

Remember to mark your posts as solved. :)

[alienmojo]

ok i need some more help this is why i didnt make is solved


ok this is the code im using
echo "<a href=\"editentries.php?accountnum='.$accountnum.'\">{$row['address']}</a>";

when you click on the link this is th address
http://24.116.162.98:8080/editentries.php?accountnum='.1.'

i need it to look like this
http://24.116.162.98:8080/editentries.php?accountnum=1

[DarkendSoul]

Let me explain to you how echoing works.

Echo can start with " or ', thought out your whole text if your echo started with this, a second one will close. They are not interchangeable. In this case you started with " so if you wanted to end you had to end with "

With this knowledge the proper way would be:

echo "<a href=\"editentries.php?accountnum=".$accountnum."\">{$row['address']}[/url]";

But you don't even need to end in this case. Alternatively you could use the following with the same results

echo "<a href=\"editentries.php?accountnum={$accountnum}\">{$row['address']}[/url]";

Placing a variable in butterfly brackets is smaller text wise, cleaner and it looks a lot sexier if you ask me.

Now when would you use " . . ", well this is best used when you call a function. Functions cannot be called in the text. They will always just be displayed in text.

I hope this helps. :)