[Resolved] urlencode question....

[charles256]

What if I had this:

[using two in this]

$mylink = "http://foofoo=". urlencode($row['product_sku']). urlencode($row['model_no']). "&type=2&subid=0";

echo "<a href=$mylink>more info</a>";

Why won't this work? I get half a link.
Charles

[Weedpacket]

Assuming "foofoo" is really part of a URL, and that the model number and sku are supposed to be concatenated together with nothing between the, the code looks fine, apart from a '?' instead of a '-', and the lack of quotes around the href attribute's value. What do you mean "half a link"?

Try posting the real code and an example of what it produces (and what it should produce): I had to make too many assumptions.

[charles256]

The real code:

<? $mylink = "http://parrot.click.com/fs-bin/click?id=pode&offerid=". urlencode($row['product_sku']). urlencode($row['model_no']). "&type=2&subid=0";?>

<? echo "<a href=$mylink>more info</a>";?>

What is produces is a half link that when clicked is invalid:

more info

charles

[ucbones]

$mylink = "http://parrot.click.com/fs-bin/click?id=pode&offerid=". urlencode($row['product_sku']). urlencode($row['model_no']). "&type=2&subid=0";

What does $row['product_sku'] contain?
What does $row['model_no'] contain?

Try echoing those to see what they contain, your script looks fine to me apart from that...

ucbones

[charles256]

These are:

$row['product_sku']

a 5 digit number with a period at the end

['model_no']
a 5 digit number that will follow the period.

When echoed by themselves, they are just the are.
charles

ps. how do I make my post with the colors of script as you have?

[charles256]

I was thinking, could my error be in the echo?

I found the color maker. I overlooked that.

$mylink = "http://parrot.click.com/fs-bin/click?id=pode&offerid=". urlencode($row['product_sku']). urlencode($row['model_no']). "&type=2&subid=0";

<? echo "<a href=$mylink>more info</a>";?>

[charles256]

Still having a problem with this. When opened in browser I get a link without the product sku or model no, therefore the link is invalid.

Any ideas what is wrong?
thanks
charles

$mylink = "http://parrot.click.com/fs-bin/click?id=pode&offerid=". urlencode($row['product_sku']). urlencode($row['model_no']). "&type=2&subid=0";

[spstieng]

does it help NOT having empty spaces between the concatenations?

$mylink_=_"http://parrot.click.com/fs-bin/click?id=pode&offerid=".urlencode($row['product_sku']).urlencode($row['model_no'])."&type=2&subid=0";

[bad76]

Can you try echo $row['product_sku'] and echo $row['model_no']) before assign $mylink and report if is rigth?

Any other hint: try to rewrite this line

<? echo "<a href=$mylink>more info</a>";?>

in

<? echo "<a href=\"$mylink\">more info</a>";?>

[charles256]

Spstieng - does it help NOT having empty spaces between the concatenations?
answer - no.

bad76 - I get nothing but a blank page when echo'ing these.
charles

[spstieng]

Debuging time!! 😃
The most fun of the world of programing!

Output variable by variable, and see if they actually have values.

echo urlencode($row['product_sku'])
echo urlencode($row['model_no'])

If you get output, then there should be no problem.

So try $mylink_= whatever......

and

<? echo '<a_href='.$mylink.'>more_info</a>'; ?>

To get colour coding, enclose the code with PHP brackets [ PHP ] code [ / PHP]

[charles256]

Originally posted by spstieng
Debuging time!! 😃
The most fun of the world of programing!

Output variable by variable, and see if they actually have values.

echo urlencode($row['product_sku'])
echo urlencode($row['model_no'])

If you get output, then there should be no problem.

So try $mylink_= whatever......

and

<? echo '<a_href='.$mylink.'>more_info</a>'; ?>

To get colour coding, enclose the code with PHP brackets [ PHP ] code [ / PHP] [/B]

I did the echo, and got this:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ECHO, expecting ',' or ';' line 26.

Line 25 is:echo urlencode($row['model_no'])

???
Charles

[charles256]

When I did this:

echo urlencode($row['product_sku']);
echo urlencode($row['model_no']);

I get a blank page.

If I do this:

echo "urlencode($row['product_sku'])";
echo "urlencode($row['model_no'])";

I get this on a blankpage:
urlencode()urlencode()

charles

[spstieng]

Structure your code a bit more.

Define two variables, A,B. Then you fetch the rows and insert the values into the variables.

Psudocode:
$A = fetch($row['product_sku']);
$B = fetch($row['model_no']);

Now you should be able to echo A and B.
No output means no data retrieved from DB.

If you have output, then you can:

$mylink = "http://parrot.click.com/fs-bin/click?id=pode&offerid=".urlencode(A).urlencode(B)."&type=2&subid=0";

I'm not sure if I'm completely off target here.

[charles256]

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetch()

charles

[laserlight]

yes, it is pseudocode

[spstieng]

Um... I said it was pseudo code - which means it's not progmatic :-)

Are you trying to retrieve info from a database?
In that case, find some tutorials on how to retrieve data from DB.

Once you've been able to retrieve correct info, then you can do what you are trying to do.

[charles256]

Originally posted by spstieng
Um... I said it was pseudo code - which means it's not progmatic :-)

Are you trying to retrieve info from a database?
In that case, find some tutorials on how to retrieve data from DB.

Once you've been able to retrieve correct info, then you can do what you are trying to do.

Yes trying to retrieve info from database. I have 4 books here, and lots of bookmarks. Just can't seem to get it right.
Thanks all then for your time, I will continue to play with this.
charles