urlencode problem (newbie)

[gbaker]

I'm having a problem that tells me I'm about 10 seconds away from fixing it with urlencode and rawurlencode.
I'm trying to use either of those functions to encode records returned in a data set that contain spaces in paths to file names.

Here's the code that I'm using:
<a href = &quot;rawurlencode ('.$row[&quot;ImgPath&quot;] .')&quot; / &quot;rawurlencode('.$row [&quot;Filename&quot;].')&quot;>
<img src =&quot;rawurlencode('.$row [&quot;Thumbpath&quot;].')&quot; / &quot;rawurlencode('.$row [&quot;Filename&quot;].')&quot; border = 0> </a>

This returns:

http://www.mysite.com/rawurlencode(patterns and backgrounds/thumbnails)

I know that the syntax is very close, as it's encoding the path, but it's returning in the wrong syntax.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[vbkris]

one way:
<a href = '&quot;<?=(rawurlencode ($row

).&quot; / &quot;.rawurlencode($row [&quot;Filename&quot;]))?>'&quot;>

the other
<?
$link=rawurlencode($row [&quot;Thumbpath&quot;]).&quot; / &quot;.rawurlencode($row [&quot;Filename&quot;]);
?>
<img src =&quot;<?=$link?>&quot; border = 0> </a>


Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[gbaker]

Thanks for the reply, I tried your sample but got unexpected '&quot; errors. Here's the full chunk of code:

<%while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))

Echo ('

<TD Width = &quot;600&quot; align = justify> <Font face = &quot;Garamond&quot; color = &quot;#FFCE53&quot; size = &quot;5&quot; >
<em> '.$row [&quot;Description&quot;].' </em>
</TD>
<TD align = center> <a href = &quot;rawurlencode('.$row[&quot;ImgPath&quot;].')&quot; / &quot;.rawurlencode('.$row [&quot;Filename&quot;].')target = _new> <img src =&quot;rawurlencode('.$row [&quot;Thumbpath&quot;].')&quot; / &quot;rawurlencode('.$row [&quot;Filename&quot;].')&quot; border = 0> </a>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD >
<HR> </HR>
</TD>


</TR>
')
%>

I think the big problem that I'm having revolves around the &quot;Echo&quot; .

 

[vbkris]

sorry i didnt know u used echo.
the problem with echo is that:

echo('$name'); //will print $name.
echo(&quot;$name&quot; //will print the value of $name.

therefore if u plan to use any variable in echo use double qoutes...

try this:
Echo ('

<TD Width = &quot;600&quot; align = justify> <Font face = &quot;Garamond&quot; color = &quot;#FFCE53&quot; size = &quot;5&quot; >
<em> '.$row [&quot;Description&quot;].' </em>
</TD>
<TD align = center> <a href = &quot;'.rawurlencode($row[&quot;ImgPath&quot;]).' / '.rawurlencode($row [&quot;Filename&quot;]) .'target = _new> <img src =&quot;'.rawurlencode($row [&quot;Thumbpath&quot;].).' / '.rawurlencode($row [&quot;Filename&quot;]).' border = 0> </a>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD >
<HR> </HR>
</TD>


</TR>
');

and why not use simple echo stmts?


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[vbkris]

sorry try this:
echo('
<TD Width = &quot;600&quot; align = justify> <Font face = &quot;Garamond&quot; color = &quot;#FFCE53&quot; size = &quot;5&quot; > ');
echo('<em> '.$row [&quot;Description&quot;].' </em>');
echo('</TD><TD align = center>');
echo('<a href = &quot;'.rawurlencode($row[&quot;ImgPath&quot;]) .' / '. rawurlencode($row [&quot;Filename&quot;]) .'&quot; target = _new> ');
echo('<img src =&quot;'.rawurlencode($row [&quot;Thumbpath&quot;].).' / '.rawurlencode($row [&quot;Filename&quot;]).' border = 0> </a>');
echo('
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD >
<HR> </HR>
</TD>


</TR>
');



Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[gbaker]

Thanks, I'll give that a try, looks much simpler than what I was trying to do in bulk. As I said, I'm a newbie and that can be a dangerous thing.

 

[vbkris]

or a simpler method:
<TD Width = &quot;600&quot; align = justify> <Font face = &quot;Garamond&quot; color = &quot;#FFCE53&quot; size = &quot;5&quot; ><em><?=$row [&quot;Description&quot;]?> </em></TD>
<TD align = center><a href = &quot;<?=rawurlencode($row[&quot;ImgPath&quot;]).&quot;/&quot;. rawurlencode($row [&quot;Filename&quot;])?>&quot; target = _new>
<img src =&quot;<?=rawurlencode($row [&quot;Thumbpath&quot;].' / '.rawurlencode($row [&quot;Filename&quot;])?>&quot; border = 0> </a> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD >
<HR> </HR>
</TD>


</TR>


please come back if there are any errors...

NOTE: this method is supposed to be a bit slower(no one knows how much) than using echo statements...

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