Question

I have a little PHP application in which I am attempting to display Google maps from within the code as a hyperlink. Like so:-

$display_block .= "<td><a href=\"http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=".$postcode."\">Map</a></td>";

The page is duly assembled and displayed, and hovering with the mouse pointer over the link shows…

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=NG34 9JW

Clicking this link gives a blank. All this is done inside a frameset, in case that’s important. Typing the reference directly into the browser leads to a map, as expected. This has previously worked, although I haven’t checked it for a while. It appears to have stopped working when I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 (or possibly an update shortly before that) (the browser is Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1).

I suspect some configuration was trampled on during the update but I’ve no idea where to start looking. Can anyone offer any suggestions or advice?

Answer 1

try with target atribbute for example:

<a href="..." target="_blank">

and use urlencode() to make proper url

urlencode($postcode)

so..

$display_block .= "<td><a href=\"http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=".urlencode($postcode)."\" target=\"_blank\">Map</a></td>";