[RESOLVED] a href with php

[hunty]

Hi,

I've put an a href in a table that has php and its giving me a parse error.I know its probably a simple problem but im not sure why its there.

Thanks

<?

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("buyer1", $con);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM jobs");

echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<th>Job Name</th>
<th>Job Description</th>
<th>Job Price</th>
<th>Job Area</th>
(ERROR IS FROM THIS LINE)<th rowspan=2><a href="job_bid.html"></a>Bid on Job</th>

</tr>";

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['job_name'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['job_description'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['job_price'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['job_area'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";

}
echo "</table>";
mysql_close($con);

?>

[chrisdee]

<th rowspan=2><a href="job_bid.html"></a>Bid on Job</th>
should be :
<th rowspan=2><a href='job_bid.html'></a>Bid on Job</th>

and

<th rowspan=2><a href="job_bid.html"></a>Bid on Job</th>
should probably be :
<th rowspan=2><a href="job_bid.html">Bid on Job</a></th>

[Haddman]

What chrisdee said should fix this also, instead of using echo on every line try this:

echo "<tr>".
"<td>" . $row['job_name'] . "</td>".
"<td>" . $row['job_description'] . "</td>".
"<td>" . $row['job_price'] . "</td>".
"<td>" . $row['job_area'] . "</td>".
"</tr>";

Not necissery but i find the code easier to read and it's also faster.

[hunty]

ok thanks for your help