print a % in php

schroere

iam not able to print a
<table width=100%>

whith the command

printf("<table width=\"100\%\">");

whats the problem ??

tsinka

Hi,

you can either use print instead of printf

print "<table width=\"100%\">";

or with printf:

printf("<table width=\"100%s\">","%");

which makes no sense here. printf is used to print data formatted. % is a reserved character in this case. Read the manual about print and printf and you'll see when to use which one of those functions 🙂

In either case you don't have to escape %.

feldon23

One generally uses echo for outputting HTML.

<?php
echo '<table width="100%">';

echo "<table width=\"100%\">";

$html=<<<QQQ
<table width="100%">
QQQ;

echo $html;
?>

barand

With printf you can escape the '%' with another '%' if you want a '%' in the format string.

printf ('<table width="%d%%">', 100);