Re: Ridiculous ..won't print or echo ...(RESOLVED)

Yep just figured that out too..the escaping thing...... Thanks On 7/29/09 10:45 AM, "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 11:36 -0400, Miller, Terion wrote: > Ok in my output to Quark I need to have $P printed to the page like this: > > <@$p>2118 S. Campbell Ave > > So in my php which is going to be grabbing this info and formatting it for > the Quark....isn't echoing that "$p" all I get is the <@> > > I have tried several things: > > $p = $p > > $p = print("$p") > > $p = echo "$p" > > On and on... > > tried all kinds of ways to just get a $p to print to the page.....and I can > not for some reason get a $p to print to the page...what's up with that.... > > PHP is seeing the $ and thinking that $p is a variable. As you have errors and notices turned off, you aren't seeing the notice that you are trying to use an undefined variable. There are several ways to get round this: * escape like \$ * put the $p inside of single quotes in your echo * use an escape code for the dollar Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk