I actually forgot that &'s are supposed to be &'ed when putting them into SGML(HTML . XML, etc). I retract my previous statments on the matter. On 6/4/05, Jack Jackson <jackson.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Rory Browne wrote: > > On 6/4/05, Jack Jackson <jackson.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>Hi, Rory > >> > >>Rory Browne wrote: > >> > >>>I think you have the idea. The &'s are used to seperate the various > >>>variables. If you want to set $p to something like 'Tom & Jerry' then > >>>personally I'd do something like: > >>> > >>><?php > >>> > >>>$p = "Tom & Jerry"; > >>>$s = "Cat & Mouse"; > >>>printf("<a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?p=%s&s=%s", urlencode($p), > >>>urlencode($s)); > >>> > >>>?> > >>> > >>That's nice. To get more specific (because my code varies a bit from > >>yours and I don't wanna mess up the ) and ' and " s: > >>$p and $c are actually row ID numbers so up to 3 digits. So for example if > >> > >>$p=1 > >>$c=32 > >> > >>I was wanting to see a URL of > >> > >>http://foo.com?r=1&c=32 > >> > > > > In that case, you can simply echo them out, once you're sure that $r, > > and $c are actually integers. > > I forgot to mention that above I did $r = intval($_GET[r]) > > ! > > > > Thanks, everyone! > > > echo "<a href='http://foo.com?r=$r&c=$c'>whatever</a>" > > > > if not(sure they're integers, you could always > > printf("<a href=\"http://foo.com?r=%d&c=%d\">whatever</a>", $r, $c); > > > > Alternatively you could $r = (int)$r; > > > > or > > > > echo "<a href='http://foo.com?r=" . (int)$r . "&c=" . (int)$c . > > "'>whatever</a>"; > > > > There's more than one way to do it....... > > > >>so was this the way to go? > >> > >> > >> //Make a thumbnail table of contents to display in the left sidebar > >> > >> while ($sidebar = mysql_fetch_assoc($sidebar_result)) { > >> $sidebar_thumbnails[] = "<a class='img-link' > >>href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?p=%p&c={$sidebar['art_id']}, urlencode($p)' > >>title=\"{$sidebar['art_title']}\"><img class='sidebar-img' > >>src='{$image_dir}{$sidebar['art_thumbnail']}' width='50' height='60' > >>border='0' alt=\"{$sidebar['art_title']}\" /></a>"; > >> } > >> > >>? > >> > >>Thanks in advance! > >> > >> > >> > >>>On 6/4/05, Jack Jackson <jackson.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi, > >>>> > >>>>If I want to make a link to a URL which includes some GETs can I just do: > >>>> > >>>><a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?p={$p}&c={$s}' ... etc etc > >>>> > >>>>or must I escape the ampersand somehow? > >>>> > >>>>TIA, > >>>>--Jack > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>>>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php