Passing Variables

[gple]

I have a link like this:

 

$descr="I love New York";

a href=add_prod.php?descr=$descr;

 

This only passes I and not the whole string of words.

[sKunKbad]

You need to URL encode the string. See urlencode() in the php manual.

[mkosmosports]

You have to urlencode the $descr variable if you want to pass it into a URL, so:

 

$descr=urlencode("I love New York");
echo('<a href=add_prod.php?descr=$descr');

[kenrbnsn]

You need to enclose the whole "href" in quotes:

<?php
$descr = "I love New York";
echo '<a href="add_prod.php?descr=' . $descr . '">Some text</a>';
?>

 

Ken

[mkosmosports]

Hey kenrbnsn,

 

I noticed you didnt put any brackets when echoing. ie:

 

echo '<a href="add_prod.php?descr=' . $descr . '">Some text</a>';

 

vs.

 

echo ('<a href="add_prod.php?descr=' . $descr . '">Some text</a>');

 

Is this preferred?

 

Thanks.

[trq]

The braces are unneeded because echo is a language construct, not a function.

[mkosmosports]

Thanks thorpe.

 

Another bad habit I somehow picked up and gotta get rid of.

[gple]

I am passing this variable to a text box in the new page but between each word is "+". How do you get rid of that.

[trq]

Funnilly enough, urldecode().

[gple]

Now it is only outputting the first set of characters before the "+"

[kenrbnsn]

Please post the code snippet in question.

 

Ken