Question

I am try add <b> tag inside <a> in cake php

I need output like that

<a href="/carsdirectory/users/logout"><b>Logout</b></a>

but i dont how to add tag in this code

<?php echo $this->Html->link('Logout', '/users/logout'); ?>

Answer 1

Please keep in mind that styling should not be part of your HTML Output and – as already suggested by my previous posters – should be in your CSS.

However, there you go (note the escape=false):

echo $this->Html->link(
    '<b>' . __('Logout') . '</b>',
    array(
        'controller' => 'users',
        'action'     => 'logout',
    ),
    array(
        'escape' => false,
    )
);

or even more HtmlHelper magick:

echo $this->Html->link(
    $this->Html->tag('b', __('Logout')),
    array(
        'controller' => 'users',
        'action'     => 'logout',
    ),
    array(
        'escape' => false,
    )
);

Edit: added Ish Kumar’s suggestion for localisation, in cakephp 2.0 we don’t need the “true” anymore 😉

One more thing: if you use escape=false keep in mind to sanitize the tags content (in this case the <b>Logout</b>) by yourself, especially if its generated user content e.g. <b>$userInputVar</b>.