Replicating table help

[Gump]

Hi,

This table replicates itself for each record in the database.

 
        echo "<tr>\n\t<td bgcolor=\"#0099FF\">" . $myrow['page'] . "</td>\n\t<td><a href=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?id=" . $myrow['id'] . "&delete=yes\"><img src=\"../images/delete.gif\" width=\"57\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\"></a></td>\n</tr>"; 

1. What do the . (read: periods) do in this string?

2. Where/what would need inserted to make an additional cell (for a total of three) at the end (right hand side) of this table.

3. Within this table it needs to print something from the databse that is referenced by (echo or printf?)

I tried but I dont understand much of how this string works.

Thanks,

Matt

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[Mordecai]

1) Periods are used to concatenate the string. This just means that it will put them together, as one peice. "hi"." there" = "hi there"

2) Add another <td> at the end. <tr> is a row, and <td> is a column/cell in a table. You should really learn HTML before trying PHP, unless you're just trying to install something.

3) I use echo, but printf can be used equally as well. Look at the docs for information.

[sgoku01]

1. The periods are used for escaping a sting, so you can do some php- vars/functions/etc.

2. You need to learn some HTML for that 😉
   But <tr> makes rows, and <td> makes collums. So for a third cell type
   <td>something to echo</td>
   behind the </td>\n at the end

3. You are allready printing all the data. So when you simly escape from the string with " . you can print every var you want. To go back to the html-string type . "

[Gump]

thanks guys

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