simple html embedding question

richardj

Hi guys. I have an if statement and want the output with an echo statement. The prob is i cant figure out how to insert the font or class tags within the echo statement 🙁. Please help: herez the code : The orange text is wat i dont know how to insert

<?php
if ($auth["perms"]) {
echo "A HREF=";
$sess->purl(URL . "?page=$modulename/index&func=userLogout");
echo ">class="Menu" Logout";
}
else {
echo "<A HREF=";
$sess->purl(SECUREURL . "?login=1&$QUERY_STRING");
echo "class="Menu" "> Login";
}

thanks

Rich

elfynmcb

Hey,

I've taken your code and cleaned it up a little. There was also a few mistakes in the echo statements:

<?php 

if( $auth["perms"] )
{ 
    echo "<A HREF=\"".$sess->purl(URL . "?page=$modulename/index&func=userLogout")."\" ";
    echo "CLASS=\"Menu\">Logout</A>\n"; 
} 
else
{ 
    echo "<A HREF=\"".$sess->purl(SECUREURL . "?login=1&$QUERY_STRING")."\" ";
    echo "CLASS=\"Menu\">Login</A>\n"; 
} 

?>

I think this is what you mean ???

jaygatsby

Well, this is the way I'd do it . . .

<a href="<?php

if($auth["perms"])
{
    echo $sess->purl(URL . "?page=$modulename/index&func=userLogout");
    $str_linkdesc    = "Logout";
}
else
{
    echo $sess->purl(SECUREURL . "?login=1&$QUERY_STRING");
    $str_linkdesc    = "Login";
}

?>" class="Menu"><?=$str_linkdesc?></a>

My general strategy is to use echo/print as little as possible for outputting HTML. I'm not sure why you want the code in the echo statement, but that's your choice.

In any case, if this is a exact copy/paste of your code, I see a couple of problems:

In your echo statements, you aren't escaping the double quotes. You want it to look like this:
```
<?php

    echo "<a href=\"somelink.php\" class=\"someclass\">Click Me!</a>\n";

?>
```
If you don't include the "\" before the double quotes that you want PHP to output, then it will think that the first double quote it runs into (after the initial double quote after the echo statement) is the end of the string, and hence will start to look for a concatenation operator or a semicolon marking the end of the line.
1. echo ">class="Menu" Logout";
Here you've got no ">" closing your A tag.
1. echo "class="Menu" "> Login";
Here you've got an extra double quote.

Either one of these will probably flumox the web browser.

richardj

Wow! Its so easy for you guys ! It took me a week to figure out! But then again, I've never really done enough research on PHP. Thanks guys.

Just out of interest, how would you have those logout and login texts be graphics..like web buttons that say login and logout?

thanks again guys

😃

elfynmcb

Hey,

This is off the top of my head so there may be a mistake:

put this in your <HEAD></HEAD> section

<script language="javascript">
    function do_login( url )
    {
        window.location=url
    }
    function do_logout( url )
    {
        window.location=url
    }
</script>

and use this php

<?php 

if( $auth["perms"] )
{ 
    echo "<INPUT VALUE=\"Logout\" ONCLICK=\"do_logout(\'".$sess->purl(URL . "page=$modulename/index&func=userLogout")."\');\">";
} 
else
{ 
    echo "<INPUT VALUE=\"Login\" ONCLICK=\"do_login(\'".$sess->purl(SECUREURL . "?login=1&$QUERY_STRING")."\');\">";
}

?>

jaygatsby

Hey, no problem man . . . I remember when I had to struggle just to get anything to work . . . any bit of help that pointed me in the right direction was well appreciated! I'm glad to have the opportunity to give back . . .

I usually lean toward using as few graphics as possible, but something as small as a button or two isn't going to make any sort of major impact . . . it's entirely up to you. Use whatever you think looks the best with what you're doing . . .