I'm trying to pass the value of a variable called artID with href, but I'm having trouble with exactly how and where to type it. When I type it outside the PHP tags, it makes a broken link, but doesn't make a link at all when it's inside the php tags..
<?php
"<a href='localhost/blog/article.php?artID='$artID>";
"<a>";
?>
Try it with this:
<a href="localhost/blog/article.php?artID=<?php echo $artID; ?>">Article</a>
The reason why your code isn't working is because you don't echo your variable, your HTML is wrong and you forgot to add a single quote.
Try this :
<?php
echo "<a href='localhost/blog/article.php?artID=" . $artID . "'>";
echo "click me";
echo "</a>";
?>
echo "</a>"; at the end there.Try doing something like:
<?php
echo "<a href='localhost/blog/article.php?artID='" . $artID . ">Click me</a>"
?>
this is assuming you have defined the variable and assigned its value.
<?php
echo "<a href='localhost/blog/article.php?artID='" . $artID . ">LINK</a>";
?>
Outside of PHP tags, the webserver won't know the value of your variable. Inside the PHP tags, you need to echo the string...Either:
<?php
echo "<a href=\"localhost/blog/article.php?artID=$artID\">";
echo "<a>";
?>
Or
<a href="localhost/blog/article.php?artID=<?php echo $artID ?>"</a>
should work
