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121106 2003-02-14 03:17:00 Hello,

Im just trying some things in php but they aren't working as expected.

I have:
$barext = "&bar=close"

then directly after that is a function

function genbutton($page_title,$page_link)
{
return "<various html code><a href=\"$page_link\"><more html>";
}

And BELOW that the function is called to generate some buttons.

I have tried so many things to get $barext to be added to $pagelink:
<a href=\""&$page_link.$barext&"\">;
<a href=\"".$page_link.$barext."\">;
$page_link = $page_link.$barext; (on the line above)

but nothing seems to work.

Im assuming the $barext isn't usable from within the function?
So I want to know the easiest way of going about this.

Also I'm wondering how to join to variables that are in a string:
ie <? echo "Hello my name is $firstname.$lastname, I am pleased to meet you"; ?>
This leaves the dot there, and I'm guessing there is an easier way than closing the quotes to do it?
(<? echo "Hello my name is "&$firstname&" "&$lastname&", I am pleased to meet you"; ?> or whatever )

All help appreciated,

Thanks. 		InverseEight (1360)
121107 2003-02-14 03:32:00 Check out www.php.com and look for documentation.

To add one string <$str1> to another <$str2> try this:

$str3 = sprintf("%s %s",$str1,$str2);

If $str1 = "Mike" and $str2 = "Jones" $str3 will now be "Mike Jones"

The website above has a lot of documentation :-) 		penz (3104)
121108 2003-02-14 04:19:00 firstly, joining two strings together is as easy as '.'
yes, a full stop, or the concatenation operator, eg
<?
$varone = 'foo';
$vartwo = 'bar';
$varthree = $varone . $vartwo; // $vartwo = 'foobar'
?>

is there another prob?

grtz sal.
tga 		sal (67)
121109 2003-02-14 04:22:00 ok, i stuffed that up,

append above $varthree='foobar'

grtz sal.
tga 		sal (67)
121110 2003-02-14 09:38:00 Well That's a darn site easier than my method.

Thanks 		penz (3104)
121111 2003-02-15 09:12:00 Thanks for the help, but it's not really what I wanted

I know how to join strings using a dot, but when they are in quotes, and right after each other, it doesnt work. Because the dot used to join the strings is considered part of the text. 		InverseEight (1360)
121112 2003-02-15 09:37:00 Add "."\" to open the quote and "\"". to close the quote
like:

echo "To quote Aristotle "."\" ".$quote."\""."\r\n; 		Merlin (503)
121113 2003-02-17 13:33:00 Hmm my PHP is rusty as lately I have been working with ASP.

I believe if you do the right 'escape' data you can enter it after it

<?
$byebyefox="Before it got shot by the hunter";
$myvar="the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog \. $byebyefox \.";
echo $myvar;
?>

Now off the top of my head i cant recall if that is 100% accurate and i dont have PHP installed right at this minute so i would suggest testing it. 		Captive (3159)
121114 2003-02-17 13:39:00 <?php
$xp="I love";
$dosforxp="I hate.";
$sidenote="Thats why vmware is definitly worth considering";
echo "Microsoft Windows XP stability $xp\. But when i started trying to run legacy games like captive, the Dos support $dosforxp$sidenote"
?>

hmm if you still cant do it let me know and i'll put on PHP again for IIS to test it out a bit.... I can do it tommorrow night after tech [assuming that you will have replied by then] 		Captive (3159)
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