RE: Noob question: Making search results clickable.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nisse Engström [mailto:news.NOSPAM.0ixbtqKe@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 November 2009 14:54
> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Noob question: Making search results clickable.
> 
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:31:59 -0500, Paul M Foster wrote:
> 
> > Replace your query with:
> >
> > "SELECT title, id FROM videos WHERE topid1 = '$topic'"
> >
> > or whatever index you have to select a particular video from your
> table.
> >
> > Replace your echo statement above with:
> >
> > echo "<a
> href="video_display.php?video_id=$row[id]">$row[title]</a>";
> 
> Without actually checking, I don't think "$row[...]"
> is going to work in double quoted strings. I'm pretty
> sure it needs to be in braces. You also need to escape
> the double quotes and put the array indexes in single
> quotes:

You should have checked, because "...$row[title]..." is a valid alternative for "...{$row['title']}...".

Personally, I never use it because of it not having the same meaning outside a double-quoted string -- but it is a documented feature.

Cheers!

Mike
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Mike Ford,
Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation,  
Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, 
Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS,  LS1 3HE,  United Kingdom 
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