printf hyperlink

kevinmtu

Hello!

I am trying to make a mailto hyperlink in my code and it is not showing up for some reason. Here is the line of code that I am trying to use

printf("<td bgcolor=$row_color><a href=mailto:%s>%s</a></td>",$myrow["email"]);

I must be forgetting something really simple, but I cannot figure it out for the life of me.

Thanks,
Kevin

mattvenables

hmm, try quotes around the href link?

like this:

printf("<td bgcolor=$row_color><a href='mailto:%s'>%s</a></td>",$myrow["email"]);

move3rd

Originally posted by kevinmtu

printf("<td bgcolor=$row_color><a href=mailto:%s>%s</a></td>",$myrow["email"]);

I think you need $myrow['e-mail'] to be inside the 2 <a> tags.

printf("<td bgcolor=$row_color><font face=verdana size=1><b>
<a href=mailto: >".$myrow["email"])."</a></b></font></td>";

kevinmtu

printf("<td bgcolor=$row_color><a href=mailto:%s>%s</a></td>",$myrow["email"]);

was close, it at least makes it a hyperlink, but the problem is now that is is sent to a blank e-mail. I tried

printf("<td bgcolor=$row_color> <a href=mailto: ".$myrow["email"].">".$myrow["email"])."</a></td>";

with no luck....

move3rd

I see my error...:rolleyes:

Try:

printf("<td bgcolor=$row_color><font face=verdana size=1><b> <a href=mailto: ".$myrow['email'].">".$myrow['email'])."</a></b></font></td>";

Are you sure your query is correct? If you not post the rest of your code.

kevinmtu

yup, it queries it just fine because the e-mail address appears fine on the page, just for some reason the address is not showing up in the mailto area.

Thanks for your help so far!!

Kevin

mattvenables

i'm sorry, but i think i realized the problem, can you have two %s's for just one string?

try the following:

printf("<td bgcolor=$row_color><a href=mailto:%s>%s</a></td>",$myrow["email"], $myrow["email"]);

if that doesn't work, try defining the variables before the printf function and just using them as you use $row_color.

-matt

kevinmtu

lol, wow. I cannot believe I overlooked that. I come from a 'C' background so I have no excuse :o

Thanks again for all of your help getting this figured out.

Kevin