I was trying to echo the quotation " in a string, but I realized it wasn't going to work the way I thought it would, does anybody know how to do this?
Thanks
Dark_Omen 5 Posting Pro
stymiee 111 He's No Good To Me Dead Team Colleague
I was trying to echo the quotation " in a string, but I realized it wasn't going to work the way I thought it would, does anybody know how to do this?
Thanks
You need to escape it:
echo "This is a quote \" and it has been escaped";If that isn't what you mean, just post your code and we'll have a peek. :)
Dark_Omen 5 Posting Pro
so you're saying that will print:
This is a quote " and it has been escaped
with the quotation in there, or not?
Thanks
stymiee 111 He's No Good To Me Dead Team Colleague
so you're saying that will print:
This is a quote " and it has been escaped
with the quotation in there, or not?
Thanks
The quote will be there.
Dark_Omen 5 Posting Pro
IDK, it didn't seem to work with this piece of code I have:
<?php
echo "<a href="gallery.php?value=$prevValue">Previous</a> </br> <a href="gallery.php?value=$nextValue" >Next</a>";
?> stymiee 111 He's No Good To Me Dead Team Colleague
You forgot to escape the quotes:
<?php
echo "<a href=\"gallery.php?value=$prevValue\">Previous</a> </br> <a href=\"gallery.php?value=$nextValue\" >Next</a>";
?> Dark_Omen 5 Posting Pro
Yeah I knew that I didn't put them in, cause I tried it and it didn't work.
zippee 0 Posting Whiz in Training
Try this
<?php
echo '<a href="gallery.php?value='.$prevValue.'">Previous</a></br>';
echo '<a href="gallery.php?value='.$nextValue.'">Next</a>';
?> stymiee 111 He's No Good To Me Dead Team Colleague
Yeah I knew that I didn't put them in, cause I tried it and it didn't work.
What kind of error does it give you?
iamthwee
What kind of error does it give you?
stymiee, your code worked for me. I was able to see the quotation marks? Does it matter what version of php the person is using. Perhaps, that might be causing the problems?
stymiee 111 He's No Good To Me Dead Team Colleague
stymiee, your code worked for me. I was able to see the quotation marks? Does it matter what version of php the person is using. Perhaps, that might be causing the problems?
That shouldn't make a difference as it is very basic PHP. Might have been a caching problem with the browser is my guess.
Puckdropper 7 Posting Pro in Training
You almost always have to hit reload on pages you're working on.
If your programming environment uses color highlighting, it can sometimes give you a clue as to if you forgot to escape the quotation marks. Notice the posts above by Dark_Omen and stymiee. See how the text in the later post is all red between quotes while the one above has blue? The correctly escaped post is all red while other is not.
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