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fergmj

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Feb 21, 2001
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I have some code

<tr>
309 <td align="center" valign="top" class="style6"><span class="style11">A:</span></td>
310 <td width="1%" align="center" valign="top" class="style6">&nbsp;</td>
311 <td class="style6"><?=_p('No, our wireless site is always 100% free to you.')?></td>
312 </tr>

it prints out on the screen as

A: No, our wireless site is always 1000.000000ree to you.

any ideas why?

thanks
 
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Not enough information.
As far as I can gather _p() is a function. What does the function do to the string you are giving it?

We need more of the code involved if you want any kind of intelligent answer.

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Try using doublequotes and see what happens.
<?=_p("No, our wireless site is always 100% free to you.")?>

I'm guessing it's the % sign.
 
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i suspect, actually, it's more to do with the printf underlying the _p function, as vacunita hints at.

% is a 'special' character and to make it properly displayable across charsets it is better to use the html entity instead.
Code: 
<td class="style6"><?=_p('No, our wireless site is always 100&#37; free to you.')?></td>

 
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Another thing to note, does the _p function return a value or does it output the text directly to the buffer/user ?

If it outputs the text directly, remove the = sign before you call it.
You use that to echo results, example:
Code: 
<?
$myvar = " world!";
?>
<html>
Hello <?=$myvar?>!
</html>
Result: Hello world!
or you could use something like:
Code: 
<?echo $myvar;?>
and it would have the same effect, its just easier to replace the word echo with an = sign.

The reason I mention this is because if your function returns a result, for example: 1 on success or 0 on false. then your output would have the text you passed, and at the end contain the result of the function.
 
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