Target Blank PHP HTML

Question

I have this line and I want to target blank so as to open the link in a new window. I tried adding it but but I get syntax error.

  $out .= "\t<li><a href=\"" . $content->getURL() . "\">" . $content . "</a></li>\n";

Can you please help me?

Thanks.

if you are appending `.=` an expression to a variable, then that variable i.e. (`$out`) must be have been declared first — samayo, May 19 '13 at 22:08
Would Javascript work? - like adding a div and then target all links within that div to blank — Cody Raspien, May 19 '13 at 22:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 19 '13 at 22:41

From what I understand of this question. You've tried to add target="_blank" while using double-quotes for the variable too. This won't work. You'll have to escape the characters, or use singlequotes. Like this:

$out .= "\t<li><a target=\"_blank\"href=\"" . $content->getURL() . "\">" . $content . "</a></li>\n";

This will only work if $out is defined, since you're using .= the concatenating assignment operator, which appends the argument on the right side to the argument on the left side.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

Generally I'm against sticking HTML within PHP variables. I strongly believe in the MVC methodology where you prepare your data and then display it in a template file.

However to help you with your issue you might find it easier to use single quotes when wrapping HTML in a PHP string variable. Firstly make sure your $out variable is definitely defined, then do something like this:

$out .= '<li><a href="' . $content->getURL() . '" target="_blank">' . $content . '</a></li>';

Notice that I don't have to escape the double quotes when wrapping the HTML with a single quote. There are differences between using single quotes and double quotes, more information about that here: What is the difference between single-quoted and double-quoted strings in PHP?

Target Blank PHP HTML

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