Php echo has extra slash / how do i remove?

[iBuddy]

echo "<td><a href='/item/$cat/$show[id]/'>$titleprod</a></td>";

Displays this:
http://www.domain.com/category/2/item//2/383/

Notice the extra "/" after item? How do I get rid of that?

Thanks.

[bpat1434]

1.) It's not an echo issue

2.) hard to tell with the code you gave.

What are the variables contents?

[pppppp]

use substr and remove the last '/' from $show[id]

[bpat1434]

While that would fix it, it's not a solution. THe variable itself has something wrong with it, and if it's in a database, or if it's not the same across all the variables, you'll come up with errors....

[bradgrafelman]

There's two thing wrong with referencing $show[id] inside of a string:

1. That's not the proper way to point to an index of an associate array; indeces are strings. You didn't give a string, you gave a constant which I'm willing to get money you didn't create.

2. While you can go up to one dimension deep in an array within a string it seems... don't. The PHP manual says not to, so it's a good idea to listen to it. Either surround the array reference in braces ( {} ) or just concatenate it onto the string pieces.

Also, try echo'ing $cat. Does it have a slash in it?