How to use php to output this html code?

Question

How to use php to output this html code? The html code is this.

<a href="#false" onclick="load_page('piano_programs.php')">Piano Programs</a>

but I want to use php to show this code

$program_name = "piano_programs";
echo "<a href='#false' onclick="load_page('$program_name'.php)">Piano Programs</a>";

but.....doesn't work, any idea ,thanks

Step 1. Get an editor with syntax highlighting. Step 2. Learn basic PHP syntax. — Mike, Jun 01 '17 at 02:07
As Enstage shows in their answer: if you have a string-literal and it has quotes inside of it, you need to escape them. This is because PHP can't tell if the quote (a) is a quote or (b) the end of the string-literal. — BrandonFlynn-NB, Jun 01 '17 at 02:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '17 at 02:07

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Backslashes to escape the quotes:

echo "<a href='#false' onclick=\"load_page('piano_programs.php')\">Piano Programs</a>";

answered Jun 01 '17 at 02:07

Enstage

mickmackusa · Answer 2 · 2017-06-01T02:16:58.603

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You need to add slashes before onclick's two double quotes and move your single quote to the right side of .php.

echo "<a href='#false' onclick=\"load_page('{$program_name}.php')\">Piano Programs</a>";

I like to curly-bracket my variables so that they stand out in my editor and so that they don't get mixed up with the text that immediately follows.

edited Jun 01 '17 at 02:16

answered Jun 01 '17 at 02:09

mickmackusa

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