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Chessologist
Chessologist

Reputation: 3

Is it possible to use a variable as part of an image URL?

I am making a quiz on a basic website using PHP and HTML/CSS and have answers stored in a PHP array.

I would like to display the quiz answers and the corresponding images (which I have named to match) using the simplest method. For example if $ANSWER="cat", I want to display "cat.jpg"

If it were possible to use a variable in the image URL it would be wonderful, but I haven't been able to find an example of this.

Should this syntax work?

echo '<img src=/pictures/"$ANSWER".jpg >';

So far I'm getting no output but not sure if it's due to a bug somewhere else.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 53

Answers (4)

Phil
Phil

Reputation: 1464

Yes, try to use double quotes like: echo "<img src='/pictures/".$ANSWER.".jpg' >";

or still use single quote like:

echo '<img src=\'/pictures/'.$ANSWER.'.jpg \'>';

Upvotes: 0

not_null
not_null

Reputation: 111

Hi :) Hope this helps :)

<?php 
$ANSWER="cat";
?>
<img src="pictures/<?php echo "$ANSWER.jpg"; ?>">

Proven and tested :)

Upvotes: 0

DanielRead
DanielRead

Reputation: 2794

To expand on Rahul's answer:

PHP is server side meaning the page is not rendered until all of the PHP has resolved on the server.

That's why his answer works. The server gets 

echo "<img src='/pictures/".$ANSWER.".jpg' />";

resolves $ANSWER to whatever the variable is set to and provides to the client side:

<img src='/pictures/my_answer.jpg' />

Upvotes: 1

Rahul Reghunath
Rahul Reghunath

Reputation: 1276

Simply 

echo "<img src='/pictures/".$ANSWER.".jpg' >";

or

<img src="/pictures/<?php edho $ANSWER;?>.jpg">

Upvotes: 1

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