Strange Link Issue

[james0816]

I am trying to access a .txt file from my webpage. First off, I am pulling the file name from my database.

Click on the link and the file should open, however, it doesn't.

Here's my code:

<td><span class="style3"><a href="file://<?php echo $LibLoc."\\".$row_RecordSet1['name']; ?>"><?php echo $row_Recordset1['name']; ?></a></span></td>

What is strange is that the name will display in the cell but not in the href statement.

Now if I hard code the file name, File11.txt, it works.

I'm totally confused. Can someone shed some light on this for me?

Thx

 

[james0816]

disregard....it is now working the original way i tried it

<a href="file://<?php echo $LibLoc."/".$row_RecordSet1['name'];?>

strange....not sure why i didn't work at first and now it is. oh well.....

 

[sleipnir214]

Does the file in question reside on the filesystem of the computer on which you are running your web browser?

The "file://" URL designator only makes sense for files that are on your workstation. If the file is going to be sent by the server to your workstation, you must use "

http://"

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[james0816]

yes..files were located locally thus the use of the file://