php code inside echo

[NeRu]

when i write a code like that

<?php if($_SESSION['user']!= admin) { echo "<a href=\"userprofile.php?userID=<?php echo ($query['userID']);?>\">User</a>"; }?>

i have an error message which indicates the code's line as "Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING"

how can i a php code inside an echo tag?

[RussellC]

This should work.

<?php
if ($_SESSION['user']!= admin) {
echo "<a href=\"userprofile.php?userID=$quer['userID']\">User</a>";
}
?>

[drogyn]

Or you could avoid an echo by using something like:

<?php
if($_SESSION['user']!= admin)
{
?>

<a href="userprofile.php?userID=<?php echo ($query['userID']);?>">User</a>

<?php
}

[Salsa]

As Russell alluded to, there is no need ot open <?php again and echo again. That will only break stuff...you are already echoing.

Drogyn's suggestion would work too, but it's not quite as clean.

However, Russell's example might not work for you because, when your variable is an element of an array, you need to concatinate it like this:

echo "<a href=\"userprofile.php?userID=".$quer['userID']."\">User</a>";

...note that the variable is inside of ". and ."

Or you can put the variable in {} like:

echo "<a href=\"userprofile.php?userID={$quer['userID']}\">User</a>";

But the way Russel showed you would work if you were using a simple variable like:

echo "<a href=\"userprofile.php?userID=$userID\">User</a>";

I hope this helps,
Salsa
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[NeRu]

thanks for your helps. it works well ;)