Question

I have put together a fairly basic database driven website using PHP, Appache, and PHPMyAdmin. The site allows users to upload cad detail files in two formats. Along with the file paths, they can also upload the name of the file, the related service group, as well as the detail ID.

Basically everything is working smoothly except for the fact that i cannot seem to display the search result as a link.

The attached screen shot link below shows the current result. I would like to have the “PDF” and “DWG” show as a link instead of just a file path.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

$output = "";
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($results))
{
    $output .= "<br /><b>Detail ID:</b> " . $row['id'] . "<br /><br />";
    $output .= "<b>Name:</b> " . $row['name'] . "<br /><br />";
    $output .= "<b>Service Group:</b> " . $row['service'] . "<br /><br />";
    $output .= "<b>PDF:</b> " . $row['pdf'] . "<br /><br />";
    $output .= "<b>DWG:</b> " . $row['dwg'] . "<br /><br /><hr />"; 

}

Answer 1

$output = "";
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($results))
{
    $output .= "<br /><b>Detail ID:</b> " . $row['id'] . "<br /><br />";
    $output .= "<b>Name:</b> " . $row['name'] . "<br /><br />";
    $output .= "<b>Service Group:</b> " . $row['service'] . "<br /><br />";
    $output .= "<b>PDF:</b> <a href='" . $row['pdf'] . "'>" . $row['pdf'] . "</a><br /><br />";
    $output .= "<b>DWG:</b> <a href='" . $row['dwg'] . "'>" . $row['dwg'] . "</a><br /><br /><hr />"; 

}