how to put an img src tag around a variable?

[tippytarka]

i'm trying to create a img src tag around a variable.. for example...

$target_path_2 is a path to an image file in a directory ... photos/test.jpg

this gets entered into my database, when recalling the path from my database i'm trying to put an image tag around it and put into a new variable like so...

$path= '<img src"'.$target_path_2.'">';

after trying various ways i'm stumped on how to do it.. can anyone help?

cheers

 

[vacunita]

How about:

$tag="<img src='" . $target_path_2 . "'>";

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[tippytarka]

the result came out like this...

<img src"test/14-1.jpg">

missing the = and should be <img src="test/14-1.jpg">

 

[vacunita]

You must be doing something wrong.

if I do this:

$target_path_2="\somedir\subdir\filename.txt"; [green]\\just for testing purposes.[/green]

$tag=$tag="<img src='" . $target_path_2 . "'>";

echo $tag;
[green]//The resulting html code looks like:
[/green]

<img src='\somedir\subdir\filename.ext'>

Maybe something inside your $target_path_2 is not correct.




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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[tippytarka]

thanks vacunita, i must be going blind... i gotta step away from the computer for a while!