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Calling links from a database
Can anyone tell me how I links should be inputed into a MySQL database? Also, how do I call the link in a web page? I do not want the URL displayed, but want something like the example below done in HTML:
<a href="http://www.devshed.com/">Click here!</a>
Thanks!
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Last edited by marron79 : July 18th, 2001 at 02:19 AM.
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Originally posted by Insane Sensei Just put the whole HTML tag in the database, so when you call it again, it comes out as an HTML tag, and will display a link to the user.
Yeah, sure, ruin your data, slap logical and presentational information into one big useless lump.
marron79: Don't listen to him, he's insane after all .
Repeat after me:
Separate information and it's presentation
Separate information and it's presentation
Separate information and it's presentation
Separate information and it's presentation
Separate information and it's presentation
Separate information and it's presentation
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You could add link fields - one called "url" that's just the http://www.domain.com part, and then a "name" or "title" field that has the name for the link. Use an ID field, and you can just display urls from a mySQL call:
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I had the same question as the OP and came across this post. I thought to myself "can it really be that easy?" Tried it and, yes, it really is that easy.
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I had the same question as the OP and came across this post. I thought to myself "can it really be that easy?" Tried it and, yes, it really is that easy.
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