PHP String Concatenation Issue

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I am learning PHP by myself and I wonder if you guys can help me to solve my problem. I want to concatenate 2 variables that are align right in the form of an hyperlink with a word. I can do that no problem, but the word is not getting aligned right as well. I have tried somethings, but it doesnt work. Please see my code:

<?php
     $log = ( '<a style="float:right; "href="login.php">login </a>'  ) ;
     $reg = ( '<a style="float:right; "href="login.php">register </a>' );
     echo $log ." or " .  $reg;
?>

I need login or register to be displayed on the top right of the page, but I dont want to hyperlink the word "or". Also, if you guys have any links for good tutorials on PHP or tutorials on how to create a good website design, maybe templates, please paste here. I am starting with websites now and I am learning by myself. Any help is appreciatted. :-)

This does not seem like a PHP issue, sounds more like you need to tweak your CSS to me — Matt Dodge
– Matt Dodge, Commented Mar 13, 2012 at 20:59

St.Woland · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-13 21:01:02Z

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You probably are thinking wrong in terms of HTML/CSS markup. HTML code that will be generated by your script looks as follows:

<a style="float:right; "href="login.php">login </a> or <a style="float:right; "href="login.php">register </a>

It will first float "login" to the right, then append "register" to the left of "login". I would suggest doing it this way:

<?php
    $log = '<a href="login.php">login </a>';
    $reg = '<a href="login.php">register </a>';
    echo sprintf("<div style='float:right;'>%s or %s</div>", $log, $reg);
?>

answered Mar 13, 2012 at 21:01

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Rooster · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-13 21:00:25Z

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I would wrap them in a container div thats floated right, float the links left and make the or a span that is floated left as well.

<?php
 $log = ( '<a style="float:left; "href="login.php">login </a>'  ) ;
 $reg = ( '<a style="float:left; "href="login.php">register </a>' );
 echo '<div style="float:right;">'.$log .'<span style="float:left;"> or </span>'.$reg.'</div>';

also, its better to assign classes. you could write all that markup just by assigning a class to the container div

answered Mar 13, 2012 at 21:00

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No Results Found Over a year ago

style="float:left; "href="login.php" is incorrect, you need a space before href.

Rooster Over a year ago

ah, I just copy and pasted his code as its not really pertinent to his actual question.

No Results Found Over a year ago

I assumed it was relevant, because of but I dont want to hyperlink the word "or"... but I fear I may be incorrect. Testing in Firefox proved to be forgiving.

No Results Found · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-13 21:18:06Z

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Try encapsulating both of your anchor tags in a div tag that is floated to the right.

<?php
     $log = '<a href="login.php">login</a>' ;
     $reg = '<a href="login.php">register</a>';
     echo "<div style='float:right; width:200px;'>$log or $reg</div>";
?>

also, notice how inside of double quotes, you can put a variable as i've done in my echo statement.

edited Mar 13, 2012 at 21:18

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answered Mar 13, 2012 at 21:01

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Catfish Over a year ago

Oh i never noticed the incorrect double quotes on the href's. Thanks for the edit.

Eddy Freddy · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-13 21:05:11Z

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If you need a CMS try some existing distributions instead of inventing the wheel again.

For templates use something like Mustache or Smarty.

answered Mar 13, 2012 at 21:05

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