[Resolved] problem with variables in URL link

[jadeddog]

hey there, i am using variables as the test in a link... the variable are all set to numbers, but the text that shows up is just the variable name, not the value that the variable is set to

here is a snippet of my code:

echo "<table width ='75%' border='0' cellpadding='10'><tr><td width='5%'></td><td width='90%'>";
echo "<table width='100%' border='0' cellpadding='0'>";
echo "<tr><td>";
if (($startrow>=10))
	{ 
		echo '<a href="show_search.php?startrow='.($startrow-10).'&page=directory">$begin_back-$end_back</a>';
		echo '&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp';
	} 

echo "$begin_next-$end_next";
echo '&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp';

if (($numrows_total>10) and ($numrows>=10))
{
	if ($startrow+10 < $numrows_total)
	{ 
		echo '<a href="show_search.php?startrow='.($startrow+10).'&page=directory">$begin_next-$end_next</a>';  
		echo '&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp';
	}
} 
echo "</td>";
echo "<td align='right'>Total matches: $numrows_total</td></tr>";
echo "<br>";

what should be showing up is something like "1-10", but what is showing up is "$begin_next-$end_next"... any help would be appreaciated

[Frederick]

Use double quotes if you want to render your variables in the source

echo "<a href=\"show_search.php?startrow=".($startrow+10)."&page=directory\">$begin_next-$end_next</a>\n";

Using single quotes is just a shortcut to not having to use backslash in your html code, but you do restrict yourself. Should get used to using:

echo ". . . . . . . .";

[jadeddog]

hey thats a lot, that worked out perfectly 🙂