Question

I have the code below:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT link, notes FROM links WHERE username='will';");
$html .= "<ul>";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { //loop
  extract($row);
  $html .= "<li>{$link} - {$notes}</li>";
  }

I need the bit where it says {$link} to become a clickable link which opens a new window. How would I do this?

When I put tags around it you get this error:

The error is: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘ in /data/www/vhosts/themacsplash.com/httpdocs/ClipBoy/will.php on line 18

Line 18 is $html .= "<li>{$link} - {$notes}</li>";

Answer 1

In general you make a link like this: <a href="URL">link title</a>. So in your case like this:

$html .= "<li><a href=\"{$link}\" target=\"_blank\">{$link}</a> - {$notes}</li>";