Making a Clickable Link in PHP

Discussion in 'PHP' started by hooverweb, Jul 23, 2007.

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  1. #1
    I have a mysql database and use PHP to display the results. There is a field for a web address that is text. I would like to make this a clickable link that opens in a new window. Can anyone tell me how to do this? The code I'm using to display the link is:

    <? echo $result['url'];?>

    Thanks.
     
    hooverweb, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  2. stOx

    stOx Notable Member

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    #2
    try relpacing that with
    <? echo "<a href='$result['url']' target='_BLANK'>$result['url']</a>";?>
    Code (markup):
     
    stOx, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  3. danielbruzual

    danielbruzual Active Member

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    #3
    I'd do it using concatenation:

    <?php
echo "<a href=\"".$result['url']."\" target=\"_BLANK\">".$result['url']."</a>";
?>
    Code (markup):
     
    danielbruzual, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  4. in2clearsky

    in2clearsky Peon

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    #4
    This is my way.

    
<?php
if($result['url']!="")
{
echo "<a href='".$result['url']."' target='_blank'>".$result['url']."</a>";
}
else
{
echo "N/A";
}
?>
    Code (markup):
     
    in2clearsky, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  5. JPRuss

    JPRuss Peon

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    #5
    How about just?

    <A TARGET="_BLANK" HREF="<?=$result['url'];?>"><?=$result['url'];?></A>
     
    JPRuss, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  6. exodus

    exodus Well-Known Member

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    #6 
    sprintf("<a href='%s' target='_blank' title=''>%s</a>", $result['url'],$result['url']);
    PHP:
    A easy way?
     
    exodus, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  7. HuggyCT2

    HuggyCT2 Guest

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    #7
    LOL,

    Why do you all confuse the guy with soo many methods?

    Just code this mate:

    <a href="<?php echo $result['url']; ?>" target="_blank">Link Name</a>
    Code (markup):
    Just so you know using a target within the link code will render it invalid, you can write a js script which you can call upon click to make a new window.
     
    HuggyCT2, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  8. JPRuss

    JPRuss Peon

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    #8
    Not sure what you mean?.. render it invalid? I use TARGET=_BLANK all the time, it works great. Javascript version might be blocked by a pop-up blocker.
     
    JPRuss, Jul 26, 2007 IP
  9. HuggyCT2

    HuggyCT2 Guest

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    #9
    target="_blank" is not valid XHTML.
     
    HuggyCT2, Jul 28, 2007 IP
  10. bigrollerdave

    bigrollerdave Well-Known Member

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    #10
    I like to do it like this

    
<?php

$a = '<a';
$b = ' href="';
$c = $result['url'];
$d = '">';
$e = 'Link Name';
$f = '</a';
$g = '>';

echo $a.$b.$c.$d.$e.$f.$g;

?>
    PHP:
    Lol, when I used to freelance on scriptlance I swear some of the code looked just like this.
     
    bigrollerdave, Jul 30, 2007 IP
  11. krt

    krt Well-Known Member

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    #11
    No way, the code is too neat and too close to naming and formatting conventions!
     
    krt, Jul 30, 2007 IP
  12. HuggyCT2

    HuggyCT2 Guest

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    #12
    I like it... Sure to use it on my scripts from now on :p
     
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  13. JPRuss

    JPRuss Peon

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    #13
    Ah, I see, I use:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 
Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
    Code (markup):
    Tks
     
    JPRuss, Jul 30, 2007 IP
  14. bigrollerdave

    bigrollerdave Well-Known Member

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    #14
    Lol this is true. I once worked on a site that would build a custom layout for every ip that accessed the site. Say if someone visited the site with the ip of 111.111.111.111 it would create a folder for the ip then create it's own templates for that ip. So the guy had thousands of folders and templates and he was complaining about his site running slow.
     
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  15. nagasharmi

    nagasharmi Peon

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    #15
    <a href="<? echo $result['url'] ?>" target='_BLANK'>>
    <? echo $result['url'] ?>
    </a>
     
    nagasharmi, Aug 1, 2007 IP
  16. pfek

    pfek Member

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    #16
    You guys wrote a lot of different methods for printing links from php. I think none way is the best, altough some might work faster or be written in less lines. The most important thing is to be consistent and to assure that it will be easy for you to update it when it will be needed.
     
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  17. Tarkan

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    #17
    <?php
    if(!empty($result['url]))echo '<a href="'.$result['url'].'" title='Tooltip text' target="_blank">Link Name</a>';
    ?>

    Short, checks to make sure its not a bad link, and efficient.
     
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  18. sogastic

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    #18
    :D. To confuse the customers later ?
     
    sogastic, Aug 1, 2007 IP