Help!!!!!1

[rapmonkey]

Hi, I am very new to PHP (self taught only 14 yrs old) and am having a problem with quotes! I have this code:

echo '<option value="';
echo '.$row['codename'].';
echo '"';
echo '>.$row['gamename'].';
echo '</option>';

and have also tried:

echo '<option value="';
echo '.$row[\\'codename\\'].';
echo '"';
echo '>.$row[\\'gamename\\'].';
echo '</option>';

The second one works but displays this in the HTML:

<option value=".$row['codename'].">.$row['gamename'].</option>

How can I get it to display this in the HTML:

<option value="codenameintable">Game Name In Table</option>

Thanks for your time. 😃

[edwardsbc]

This should work and is easier to read...

echo '<option value="'.$row['codename'].'">'.$row['gamename'].'</option>'; 

An alternative is to use "interpreted" (double) quotes:

echo "<option value=\"{$row['codename']}\">{$row['gamename']}</option>";

The curly brackets are explicit markers for PHP. Keeps php from getting confused about if the square brackets are for the variable or ar supposed to be printed. (What if you had a variable named simply $row...)

The echo function with single quotes does NOT interpret any of the contents between the quotes (like variables). Single quotes are faster but less flexible.

[theslinky]

Put braces around your variables and you can use regular double quotes... just escape the quotes inside:

echo "<option value=\"{$row['codename']}\">{$row['gamename']}</option>";

-sridhar

[rapmonkey]

Thank you SOOO MUCH! It worked! 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃