Re: link with database

Sofia Jacob (CA) wrote: > Hi, > > I want to create a link that get the name and the link from the database. > > The problem is that I get the bullets created with <li> but not the link, here is my code > and the result: > > > > <?php > function do_html_URL($url, $name) > { > // output URL as link and br > ?> > <a href="<?=$url?>"><?=$name?></a><br> > <?php > } > > ?> > > function display_categories($cat_array) > { > if (!is_array($cat_array)) > { > echo "No hay categorías actualmente disponibles<br>"; > return; > } > echo "<ul>"; > foreach ($cat_array as $row) > { > $url = "show_cat.php?Categorie_ID=".($row["Categorie_ID"]); > $title = $row["Catname"]; > echo "<li>"; > do_html_URL($url, $title); > } > echo "</ul>"; > echo "<hr>"; > } > > function get_categories() > { > // Petición a la base de datos de una lista de categorías > $conn = db_connect(); > $query = "SELECT Categorie_ID, Catname > FROM categories"; > $result = @mysql_query($query); > if (!$result) > return false; > $num_cats = @mysql_num_rows($result); > if ($num_cats ==0) > return false; > $result = db_result_to_array($result); //db_fns.php > return $result; > } > > > $cat_array = get_categories(); > display_categories($cat_array); > > > > Shorts tags are not enabled maybe? use <?php and ?> not <?=. -Shawn