dynamic named anchor syntax

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Last Post: November 30, 2009   (RSS)

By rez - November 30, 2009

Please show me how to make a dynamic anchor, already within the php tags. [crazy]

<?php
echo "<a name=\"$record['num']\" id=\"$record['num']\"></a>";
?>

Re: [chris] dynamic named anchor syntax

By rez - November 30, 2009

I tried variations. But kept getting:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in


So the code looks right, huh? I'll get to a computer and try without the ID but I tried the above. There error points to that line and without that line, the page is fine. Hmmm

Re: [rez] dynamic named anchor syntax

By rez - November 30, 2009 - edited: December 1, 2009

Still getting the error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING

The code I tried is:
<?php

echo "<a name=\"$record['num']\"></a>";
?>

Re: [rez] dynamic named anchor syntax

By Chris - November 30, 2009 - edited: November 30, 2009

Hi rez,

Sorry, if you want to have an array-lookup inside a string, you need to enclose it in curly braces:

<?php
echo "<a name=\"{$record['num']}\" id=\"{$record['num']}\"></a>";
?>

Or, alternately, take it out of the string entirely:

<?php
echo '<a name="' . $record['num'] . '" id="' . $record['num'] . '"></a>';
?>

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.

P.S. Yet another approach would be the following, but this sometimes gets confusing:

<?php
?><a name="<?php echo $record['num'] ?>" id="<?php echo $record['num'] ?>"></a><?php
?>
All the best,
Chris