Re: Re: calling PHP self with a text link

> Ross wrote: > > <a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF,'?','&action=something' > > ?>">do somehthing</a> > > > > this seems to work but can someone explain the syntax to me what does a '?' > > and a ',' do in PHP? > > > > I thought you joined strings with a full stop '.' (a period if you are from > > the US). > There was a long thread on this only yesterday, under the heading "String format problem". The online archives will carry it shortly, if they don't already, and it is well worth a read, especially the post by Satyam > You are passing multiple parameters to the 'echo' language construct. > The '?' is just a string, and is interpreted just like any other string > in PHP. That will print out the value of $PHP_SELF followed by > ?&action=something > > By the way, you really shouldn't have register_globals turned on. And > you also really shouldn't top-post. > > -- > Jasper Bryant-Greene > Freelance web developer > http://jasper.bryant-greene.name/ > > If you find my advice useful, please consider donating to a poor > student! You can choose whatever amount you think my advice was > worth to you. http://tinyurl.com/7oa5s