[SOLVED] Special characters with echo.

[porta325]

Hey guys, does anyone know how can i make a querry that eventualy will display something like

<a href="http://www.somesite.com" target="_blank">anchor</a><br>description.

I have a problem with the "" characters.

[B34ST]

you can either escape php ?> or use the ' as follows:

 

<?php
echo '<a href="http://www.somesite.com" target="_blank">anchor</a><br>description.';
?>

[wildteen88]

If you are going to be echo'ing out HTML you will need to escape the quotes, eg:

<?php

echo "<a href=\"http://www.somesite.com\" target=\"_blank\">anchor</a><br>description.";

?>

Or you could just use single quotes when defining the string:

<?php

echo '<a href="http://www.somesite.com" target="_blank">anchor</a><br>description.';

?>

Basically whatever character you use when you start the string (' or ") you must escape that character when you want to use it within the string. If you don't escape your quotes then you'll get errors. You escape the quote by adding a forward slash in front of it as shown above.

[porta325]

Thanx alot, i didn't knew that.