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November 1st, 2012, 08:14 AM

wayne12690

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Hi All,

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echo "<td>" ."<b>Remote URL:</b> ". "<a href = $row3['Remote_URL']></a>" . "&nbsp;" ."</td>";

I have this line of code and it gives me an error when I try to run it. What I am trying to do is make the links live when they are pulled from the database. Any help would be greatly appreciated since I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

November 1st, 2012, 08:28 AM

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Try this instead

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echo "<td>";

echo "<b>Remote URL:</b> ";

echo "<a href = '{$row3['Remote_URL']}'>URL TEXT GOES HERE</a>";

echo "&nbsp;";

echo "</td>";

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November 1st, 2012, 08:42 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by badger_fruit

Try this instead

PHP Code:


		
			
echo "<td>";

echo "<b>Remote URL:</b> ";

echo "<a href = '{$row3['Remote_URL']}'>URL TEXT GOES HERE</a>";

echo "&nbsp;";

echo "</td>";

I am no longer getting an error message but I now am not getting anything to return for this. The page loads but the URL is not present. Any ideas?

November 1st, 2012, 08:43 AM

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Does $row3['Remote_URL'] actually contain anything?
Echo it and find out, if not then look at where it should get data from and investigate from there.

November 1st, 2012, 08:46 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by badger_fruit

Does $row3['Remote_URL'] actually contain anything?
Echo it and find out, if not then look at where it should get data from and investigate from there.

Yes it does contain values. Previously this webpage worked fine, I just wanted to add functionality by adding live links instead of just text.

November 1st, 2012, 08:48 AM

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Try replacing the line:-
echo "<a href = '{$row3['Remote_URL']}'>URL TEXT GOES HERE</a>";

With:-
echo "<a href = '{$row3['Remote_URL']}'>{$row3['Remote_URL']}</a>";

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November 1st, 2012, 08:51 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by badger_fruit

Try replacing the line:-
echo "<a href = '{$row3['Remote_URL']}'>URL TEXT GOES HERE</a>";

With:-
echo "<a href = '{$row3['Remote_URL']}'>{$row3['Remote_URL']}</a>";

That was it!!!!!! Thank you so much for your help as always!

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