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Asked: 2026-05-25T14:27:11+00:00

Using the thumbsup script to generate ratings for various things. Here is the current

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Using the thumbsup script to generate ratings for various things. Here is the current code:

echo ThumbsUp::item($reviewid)->template('mini_thumbs2')->format('{UP} out of {TOTAL} people found this review helpful')

I’m trying to add the text review_ before $reviewid. No matter what I try, Dreamweaver will stop showing errors, but the variable doesn’t pass through. Last thing I tried is:

echo ThumbsUp::item('review_$reviewid')->template('mini_thumbs2')->format('{UP} out of {TOTAL} people found this review helpful')
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  1. Editorial Team

    Have you tried using double quotes? Variables (and this is the rule for Perl too) won’t interpolate into strings unless you use double quotes.

    //                  v- double quotes-v
echo ThumbsUp::item("review_$reviewid")->template('mini_thumbs2')->format('{UP} out of {TOTAL} people found this review helpful')

    Alternatively, you could use string concatenation to do the same thing:

    echo ThumbsUp::item('review_' . $reviewid)-> ...
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