Im trying to pass a variable in the URL and to post the variable on the page. I currently have a table and a variable named $record['Filename']. The value is not displaying correctly.
Right now I have the following
while($record = mysql_fetch_array($mydata)){
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" ."<a href='Info.html?page='.$record['Filename'].> $record['Filename'] </a>". " </td>";
echo "<td>" . $record['Description'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
PHP strings 101:
echo "<td>" ."<a href='Info.html?page='.$record['Filename'].> $record['Filename'] </a>". " </td>";
^--start string end string --^
Since you never "exit" your "-quoted strings, your . are just plaintext periods, not concatenation operators.
You probably want this:
echo <<<EOL
<td><a href="Info.html?page={$record['Filename']}">{$record['Filename']}</a></td>
EOL;
Notice how using a heredoc removes the need to hop in/out of string mode, and you can use proper quoting in the HTML. Also note the {}-extended string syntax around the variables.
Use single quotes instead of double quotes. It's faster and more efficient.
while($record = mysql_fetch_array($mydata)){
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td><a href="Info.html?page='.$record['Filename'].'">'.$record['Filename'].'</a></td>';
echo '<td>'. $record['Description'].'</td>';
echo '</tr>';
}
" and ' strings is essentially zero, unless you're running a facebook-sized operation.
"-quoted string is bad php, unless you use the{}extended syntax.