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Send PHP/MySQL results to popup window as HTML

Mar 20, 2012 9:17 AM

Tags: #php #html #rendering #mysql

Hi all,

 

Not even sure if this can be done, but I have a Results.php page that includes a line:

 

"My task,  [<?php echo $row_Recordset1['Task'];?>], is in the top [<?php echo $row_Recordset1['RankPercent']; ?>] of tasks in the company";

 

...where the php tags represent results from a MySQL search.

 

How do I send this as html to a mini-popup window so that the people can send it to their friends on facebook/twitter/etc?

 

NOTE: the issue here isn't in creating a popup page - I can do this.

 

What I need to be able to do is pass that sentence to the popup.php page "exactly" as it appears on the page when rendered.

 

I have been experimenting down the...

 

$text = "My task, [<?php echo $row_Recordset1['Task'];?>], is in the top [<?php echo $row_Recordset1['RankPercent']; ?>] of tasks in the company";

 

...route, but this just gives a load of parse errors (predicably enough).

 

Any thoughts?

894 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: _AJD_TUS_, Mar 21, 2012 1:18 AM
 
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  • bregent
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    1. bregent,
    Mar 20, 2012 9:44 AM   in reply to _AJD_TUS_
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    I don't know php, but in most other languages variables should not appear within double quotes, otherwise they are interpreted as literal. So maybe:

     

    $text = "My task, [" . <?php echo $row_Recordset1['Task'];?>  . "], is in the top [" . <?php echo $row_Recordset1['RankPercent']; ?> . "] of tasks in the company";

     
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    2. _AJD_TUS_,
    Mar 20, 2012 10:01 AM   in reply to bregent
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    Actually, that's pretty good! There is a slight syntax error - the first <?php doesn't seem to render properly (in fact, the second one looks good until you take the first one out, and then it develops the same problem as the first one did...). Any cloues?

     

    If not, don't worry - I'm sure I can debug it from here, but if you can think of anything I'd love to hear it. It seems to be something to do with the double quotes...

     
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  • Burak Ueda
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    3. Burak Ueda,
    Mar 21, 2012 12:26 AM   in reply to _AJD_TUS_
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    You can use curly brackets to include the recordset values directly:

     

    $text = "My task, [{$row_Recordset1['Task']}], is in the top [{$row_Recordset1['RankPercent']}] of tasks in the company";

     
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    4. _AJD_TUS_,
    Mar 21, 2012 1:18 AM   in reply to Burak Ueda
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    That's the one - thank you, both of you!

     
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