php concatenating string with dynamic variable

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I'm not getting full text while concatenation the string with dynamic variable from database. My code is:

$page ="<input type='text' name='neil' value=".$blogname.">";

I'm getting output like this:

<input type="text" name="neil" value="My" test's="">

Expected output:

<input type="text" name="neil" value="My test's">

name'neil' certainly will not be magically changed to name='neil' by the php fairies. — arkascha
– arkascha, Commented Apr 4, 2017 at 12:25
Actually I seriously doubt you really get what you claim you get. Makes no sense. It might be that some browser engine cuts in to try to fix your invalid html markup. But what you post is not what php outputs. — arkascha
– arkascha, Commented Apr 4, 2017 at 12:26
@Neil Dhakal consider approving the answer that helped you out, so that it helps the community. — Shakti Phartiyal
– Shakti Phartiyal, Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 18:33

Shakti Phartiyal · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 12:23:33Z

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The correct way to go about it is:

$page ='<input type="text" name="neil" value="'.$blogname.'">';

You need to enclose the value of the html element within quotes " "

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 12:23

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markdwhite · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 12:23:16Z

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Enclose value in single quotes, and add a = after name. Put a / before > if you really want to too:

$page ="<input type='text' name='neil' value='".$blogname."'/>";

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 12:23

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Neil Dhakal Over a year ago

$blogname contains single string. like $blogname = it's mine

Shakti Phartiyal Over a year ago

/ is not really necessary in an input tag according to the HTML5 standards .

markdwhite Over a year ago

@NeilDhakal - actually I missed that $blogname contained a single quote, so Shakti's answer is better

markdwhite Over a year ago

@ShaktiPhartiyal - hence "if you really want to", but yes - you're right.

Shakti Phartiyal Over a year ago

@markdwhite the OP does not need a useless suggestion. No issues otherwise.

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aynber · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 12:23:42Z

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You need to quote your value for your HTML. The nice thing about double quotes is that you don't need to break out of them to add in your variable, and you're able to notice the missing quotes easier. So your string can look like this:

$page ="<input type='text' name='neil' value='$blogname'>";

Or

$page ="<input type='text' name='neil' value='{$blogname}'>";

The second one is great for when you're using array values, like so:

$page ="<input type='text' name='neil' value='{$row['blogname']}'>";

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 12:23

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