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Satyam Raj
Satyam Raj

Reputation: 61

PHP removes string after space in a variable

I have this PHP snippet that makes an <li> with some id which is chosen by mysqli_query fetched row. It looks like this:

while($row=mysqli_fetch_array($run_query)){
  $name=$row['company_name'];
  echo "<li><a href='#' id=".$name." class='category_sidebar2'>$name</a></li>";
}

When the $name is a single entity like Dell or Facebook, it creates the <li> just fine, but when the $name is a space-separated value like "Tata Steel" or something, it creates the <li> with the id just the first value before the space.

For example, if $name is "Tata Steel", it echoes

<li><a href='#' id='Tata'></li>

and not

<li><a href='#' id='Tata Steel'></li>

How do I get around this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 334

Answers (1)

Barmar
Barmar

Reputation: 780673

You need to put quotes around an attribute if it contains spaces. Otherwise, the space will end the attribute. You should just get in the habit of always putting quotes around attribute (like you did for href and class).

while($row=mysqli_fetch_array($run_query)){
  $name=$row['company_name'];
  echo "<li><a href='#' id='".$name."' class='category_sidebar2'>$name</a></li>";
}

However, as mentioned in the comments, spaces around allowed in the id attribute. You could replace the space with some other character, e.g.

$name = str_replace(' ', '_', $row['company_name']);

Upvotes: 1

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