Question

I have a field in a db called ‘website’ when i output the database content in a view with

site: <?php echo $profile['site']; ?> <br/>

i get echo

http://facebook.com

but cannot click the link, I have also disabled xss filtering globally in config file. in my validation i have used only this

 $this->form_validation->set_rules('site', 'Website', 'min_length[5]|max_length[160]');

please help

Answer 1

A link only becomes clickable if it’s formatted as one. You will need to put the appropriate html around it to make that happen.

site: <a href="<?php echo $profile['site']; ?>">It's a link!</a>