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
– Mike, Commented Jun 1, 2017 at 2:07
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
– BrandonFlynn-NB, Commented Jun 1, 2017 at 2:12

Enstage · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-01 02:07:47Z

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Backslashes to escape the quotes:

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

answered Jun 1, 2017 at 2:07

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mickmackusa · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-01 02:16:58Z

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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.

answered Jun 1, 2017 at 2:09

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